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“And the worst thing is to not have matches under your belt, to feel like you’re just not quite there in terms of your form, going into this big event where you were celebrated as a champion just the year before.”
Raducanu recorded her two biggest triumphs of 2022 with victories over Williams and Azarenka in Cincinnati. The Bromley-based teenager is now feeling better about her game after a tough year.
“This week was a great step for me,” she said. “In the past year it’s probably like the first tournament or like one of the few tournaments that I have actually started going for my shots more.
“This week I kind of just was like, ‘look, I’m just going to try, I don’t care if I make errors, like it’s fine, but I’m just going to overhit if anything’. I’m pretty proud of how I did this week, and I think it’s a great step to move forward.”
