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After Emma Raducanu recently disclosed that she got rid of a couple of social media apps to avoid negativity, Andy Murray's mother Judy has deemed it the right thing to do.
Raducanu took the tennis world by storm by becoming the only player in history to win a Grand Slam tournament as a qualifier. She won the 2021 US Open without dropping a single set. However, it remains the only singles title in her cabinet as she has struggled with a number of injuries and poor form since. Frequent changes in the coaching staff haven't helped her either.
At the 2023 Australian Open, Raducanu faced a second-round exit, with Coco Gauff beating her in straight sets. After winning her first match at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells against Danka Kovinic, the 20-year-old revealed that she quit social media after the Melbourne Major to concentrate on tennis.
"After the Australian Open, I deleted WhatsApp and Instagram off my phone, and after that, I've been living under my own little rock," Raducanu said. "I felt like sometimes you go through patches where you just want to zone in on yourself, and I was very content with my life without it."
“I think that negativity is a part of social media. I feel that it affects you, but I’ve just learned that regardless of what you do — if you do good, if you do bad — people are going to come at you regardless. Now it doesn’t really bother me so much and I don’t really let it affect me," she added.
Reacting to the young Brit's words, tennis coach Judy recently supported her decision, suggesting that it is better for everyone to reject unsolicited advice.
"Quite right @EmmaRaducanu. Why would we listen to anyone whose advice we haven’t sought?" Judy tweeted.
Injuries give you the incentive to keep fighting: Emma Raducanu
Emma Raducanu downed Montenegro's Danka Kovinic 6-2 6-3 in the opening round of the 2023 BNP Paribas Open. The World No. 77, who has struggled with multiple injuries recently, was asked how she managed to remain positive despite health issues.
Raducanu stated that she used the injury setbacks to her advantage and saw them as incentives to fight harder.
“I just love competing even when you are fighting through it. Having something that you’re going through gives you in some ways more incentive," Emma Raducanu said. "I’ve got to be aggressive, I’ve got to dominate. I just find a way to use it to my advantage as much as I can."
"I’m not 100% but you never really are. The short-term plan is to manage it as best as possible. Managing the load, not train as much. Get through the tournament and evaluate after," she said.
Raducanu will face Poland's Magda Linette in the second round.
