Emma Raducanu’s powerful teaching evidently value her her toenails.
The 19-year-previous tennis sensation, who competed Friday in her 1st specialist clay-courtroom event, not long ago opened up about the aftermath of the grueling regimen.
“It’s all right — but I have no toenails now!” Raducanu responded when questioned how she was emotion following hurting her hip, according to The Solar.
“It’s my foot and my footwear, they’ve been sliding all around a great deal. I had a smaller niggle in Miami but now I have no actual physical issue.”
Raducanu, who will be competing with Great Britain against the Czech Republic in her initially Billie Jean King Cup, was teased by her teammates about the condition of her ft.
“We’ve all been remaining a minor scarred by the sight of Emma’s toes this 7 days,” Anne Keothavong, the British workforce captain, stated of the planet No. 12.
Training for the clay-court docket levels of competition has been a challenge for Raducanu, past year’s U.S. Open up champ. In fact, she hasn’t competed on clay considering that getting rid of in the next round of the French Open up junior qualifiers four a long time back.
On Friday, on the other hand, Raducanu defeated Tereza Martincova in Prague to tie Excellent Britain and the Czech Republic, 1-1.
The teenager phenom also discussed how she expects taking part in on clay to be a mastering curve but has faith that it may perhaps become the floor that she could dominate on.
“This is going to be my very first specialist match on clay so I’m absolutely studying,” she explained. “I really feel this could be one particular of my strongest surfaces heading forward. But of program, it is early times ideal now.”
“I did commit a several months on clay in the summer time but I do like sliding, and the moment I time it right and invest far more time on it then I’m positive this could be a definitely superior area for me,” Raducanu extra. “So, immediately after spending far more time on this surface, I’m sure I’ll time it much better. I truly feel I can truly use it and engage in aggressively although also currently being ready to transfer.”
To qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup finals in November, Raducanu and the Good Britain staff must get 3 out of the 5 matches versus the Czech Republic.
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