Greg Rusedski believes that Emma Raducanu will have a great future after US Open victory.
Former British men No 1 Greg Rusedski has stated that it might take a little while before Emma Raducanu adjusts to ‘spotlight, expectation and demands’.
He added that he believes that Raducanu has a bright future after the teenager won the US Open.
Raducanu who is from Kent announced herself on the grandest stage when she claimed the US Open title as a qualifier in September.
The victory saw her become the first British woman to win a singles Grand Slam since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon in 1977 as well as break into the world’s top 25 having started the year ranked 345.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Rusedski said: “I think she’s going to be a multiple Grand Slam champion. I think she has the potential to be a world No 1.
“What she has done in her first two majors, there’s very few that have done. She got to the fourth round of Wimbledon in her first major and then she’s gone on to win the US Open.
“There’s only three other female players that have got to the fourth round or better in both events in their first two majors.
“Chris Evert, who was world No 1 and multiple Slam winner, Jennifer Capriati, world No 1 and multiple Slam winner, and Monica Seles, so she joins that category of elite superstars.
“We’ve never seen this in the game before, for someone to come through qualifying and go on to win a major, so her future is going to be exceptional so long as she can stay healthy, put the right team around her. I think her future is going to be incredible.”
