Raducanu's withdrawal. What can we learn from this?

She is only young and even seasoned players would probably struggle dealing with all of the media interest that is thrown at them these days.
IMO every sportsperson, whether male or female, as they are going up through the ranks, should have training on a) what they should possibly expect from media, social or otherwise
and b) what to do if it all goes wrong (a lot that have been signed up by the big name football academies are suddenly dropped, sometimes with little explanation or notice and left to cope with little or no support).
No doubt, all of the interest seems to be fun in the beginning but sadly with all of the trolling and the subsequent intrusion into private life it can often become anything but fun.
I hope that with plenty of support, she will continue to play to such a high standard and we see her playing in the future.

Judy Murray commented that middle aged men should refrain from “commenting on the physical and mental well-being of teenage girls as they will never experience or fully understand that world

Well said, Judy Murray. No wonder Andy and Jamie are feminists!

MOnica to her parents and manager yes. Not to the whole world. Can you imagine if you’d had something like that and can see everyone in the media and general public talking about it and giving out their opinion? It’s intrusive and unpleasant.

Polarbear2 how do you know that? Having been prone to panic attacks myself at one period of my life, once someone explained to me what was happening, I was quite happy to explain the problem to other people.

Oddly enough, Piers Morgan was right, at that point in that match, she couldn't handle the pressure, but it doesn't mean she will not adjust to her new high profile, nor that she will ever have the problem again. I mean she is only 18 and also doing her A levels

I refuse to believe that anyone suddenly thrust into the lime light as she has been has not had some crisis of confidence or fear at some point, most manage it in the privacy of the dressing room, hotel room or their home. It is just unfortunate that for her, it happened on court.

I’d say it’s none of your business. You wouldn’t feel the need to explain to her why you did something.

Delighted to read that Marcus Rashford, Andy Murray and (Judy) have come out in support of her. Piers Morgan of course had to say she couldn’t handle the pressure. Judy Murray commented that middle aged men should refrain from “commenting on the physical and mental well-being of teenage girls as they will never experience or fully understand that world “.

Sounds as if she had a panic attack. Not surprising, given all the sudden hype and publicity she has had.

She seems a lovely young person. Listening to her account she enjoyed her Wimbledon experience even though it didn’t end as she wanted. I thought she coped well with the interview today. Footballer Marcus Rashford tweeted his support saying he had a similar experience which hasn’t happened again.

No Maw we don’t, the only person who may do is the tennis player herself. Well done to her for getting this far anyway.I think she has a good future in front of her.

Do “we” have to learn anything from this?

I felt sorry she had to withdraw, but she is very young and has a great future ahead of her. I think at such a young age the pressure and intrusion is difficult to cope with. I wish her well.

Sorry - wrong channel

Good interview with Emma on BBC 1 BBC2 at 16:30 today.

I’d rather not speculate and I’d rather not compare her to other young players.
Everyone is different, I just hope she comes back soon and has a successful career if that’s her choice.
Very talented girl.

Good interview with Emma on BBC 1 at 16:30 today. She is determined to come back and it looks she has a brilliant team around.

gweneth different poster called Bluebellewould

I do hope she continues to love her sport. She demonstrated great skill.

She like, the others lower down in the order of play, always have a long wait but I wish they would start a little earlier. I suppose consideration has been given to those competing late at night. Some are on court the next day.

I was listening to John MacEnroe before the match, he admitted knowing absolutely nothing about her. His words afterwards, I regarded were as very harsh and speculative. At that point nothing was know about why she didn’t return to the match. Tracy Austin would have given a better interview.

Coco Gauff is 17 and it’s not her first time at Wimbledon. How she coped with the pressure, I wonder. Perhaps some of the way of coping with such a tournament at a young age, depends on those around them. From coaches to family. They are the ones now to give Emma what she needs and wants to continue to compete at a high level.

I wish her luck and will watch for her competing again.

She has tweeted that she became dizzy and could not breath. She said it was all too much for her.

Apologies if I have made a mistake I thought it was your comment earlier on??

She is fine now thankfully. Nobody should speculate on what caused her breathlessness. It could have been caused by a number of things.

Dont worry grannygranby everybody knew who you meant.

Yes sorry about the name very lazy of me.

Charleygirl5

Her name is Emma Raducanu. I felt sorry for her as she had such a long wait all day until the start of the match close to 8 pm last night. I do hope she learns from this experience and comes back fighting.

I thought that waiting all day to play was wrong.
Why can't matches start much earlier in the day so that players don't have hours of anxious build-up?

Emma Raducanu doesn't have a lot of tournament experience, perhaps didn't expect get so far and may have found it all overwhelming.
Or perhaps have had a physical problem or it could even have been something she had eaten (or perhaps not eaten).

gweneth sorry to be pedantic but I haven’t commented yet

I would imagine as it said breathing problem it was a panic attack brought on by press intrusion being very young in the public eye and making a few mistakes
Wise of her to walk off and not try to go through it in the public eye
Good luck to her

Chris Evert was only 18 when she went to Wimbledon, so I think that yes she will have to get used to it, although why the press are allowed to intrude has really got to be addressed for all people in the public eye, it’s unfair and should be made illegal IMV.

However, she might be ill, if she is then hopefully John McEnroe should apologise profusely.

You might like to ask HQ to edit your thread title, OP