Four years after stunning the tennis world by winning the 2021 US Open at just 18, British star Emma Raducanu finds herself in a very different place. Now 22 and ranked No. 39 in the WTA standings, Raducanu is still chasing the form that carried her to glory in New York while managing the ups and downs of both her career and the spotlight that has followed her ever since.
In a recent interview with The Guardian, Raducanu opened up about something far more personal than tennis—the lasting fear brought on by two stalking incidents that have deeply impacted her life.
“That was probably the worst [public attention] I’ve had. I remember straight afterwards, I found it very difficult going out. I definitely had a bit of a leftover lag effect. But I’ve been a lot more astute, a lot more, I’d sa