Emma Raducanu is the rising star of the 2021 Wimbledon tennis tournament. The Brit started playing tennis at the age of five and made her WTA main draw debut in mid-2021. She earned a wild card into the main draw to participate in Wimbledon, where he is making his Slam debut. No one expected Raducanu to advance so far in the tournament.
After wins over Vitalia Diatchenko and Marketa Vondrousova, Emma became the youngest woman to reach the third round since Elena Baltacha in 2002. After defeating Sorana Cirstea to advance to the fourth round, Emma became the only Youngest British woman to reach the round of 16. . was.
Emma’s parents prioritized Emma’s education over her tennis career
Emma was born on November 13, 2002 in Toronto, Canada to a Chinese mother, Renee, and a Romanian father, Ian. The family moved to London when she was two years old.
Raducanu showed obvious talent when he started playing the racket at the age of five. She moved quickly, but her parents stopped her because they insisted that she concentrate on her education. During the pandemic, Emma’s parents prevented her from flying to tournaments even as the government allowed people to travel.
They insisted that she focus on her education to give her a place to land if an early injury ended her tennis career prematurely. Emma herself responded by giving herself up on the tennis court and in class, where her parents expected her to get good grades.
Emma has nothing but praise for her parents. “My mom, she has always instilled in me a lot of discipline and respect for other people,” Emma said. “I think that having parents like me, they always put pressure on me. They have high expectations. I’ve always tried to live up to that. And I hope I’ve done them proud this week.”
Emma’s parents will miss her first Grand Slam final appearance at the 2021 US Open
Two teenagers will fight for the crown of the US Open 2021: the Canadian Leylah Fernandez and the British Emma Raducanu. After defeating Maria Sakkari in the semifinals, Emma became the first player in history to reach the US Open final.
Unfortunately, Emma’s parents won’t be around to witness her first appearance (and possible victory) in a Grand Slam final. Emma’s parents need a visa waiver to enter the US, which is difficult to obtain at the best of times.
Emma’s parents seem unconcerned about their daughter’s extraordinary tennis feats. She joked that her parents ‘ghosted’ her after texting them about her win to advance to the quarterfinals.
“My parents actually, like they were ghosts after the game,” Emma said. “I sent them a text but they didn’t respond even though they were online! Yes, that meant something.
Ian is not in the US to support his daughter, but he has built a strong support structure around her. He has made major decisions to support Emma’s career, including firing and hiring coaches. emma said the united states open:
“Right now I have a great support team around me and a smaller, tighter group of people that I really trust, and they’re really helping me right now, and we’re all really enjoying the moment.”
Emma hasn’t dropped a set since the qualifiers until her semifinal triumph. She has weathered poor starts with characteristic calm and has fought back to claim resounding victories. Following her quarterfinal success against Belinda Bencic, Emma stated that she credited her parents for cultivating her composure:
“I think calm and mental strength definitely come from my upbringing. I think my parents have instilled in me from a very young age to definitely have a positive attitude on the court, because, yeah, when I was younger, it was definitely an absolute mistake if I had any kind of bad attitude. So from a very young age, I definitely learned that, and it’s followed me until now.”
Emma maintains strong connections to her parents’ roots.
“London, Toronto, Bucharest, Shenyang” read Emma’s bio on Twitter referencing his hometown, place of birth, and the hometowns of his parents.
Emma has close ties to Bucharest and Shenyang. She visits her paternal grandmother twice a year and is a big fan of her cooking. Videos taken years apart show that Emma frequents China and was at the Chinese Tennis Academy in Nanjing in 2018. Emma herself can speak Mandarin.
“I think the mindset that they both bring definitely helped me,” Emma said. “They both come from very hard-working countries.”
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