She’s made of glass. It seems that all recent and current British tennis players are the same. Murray was fragile and always carrying an injury, Robson shone brightly then crumbled at an early age, Draper is currently struggling and always seems to be on the edge of something bad healthwise and Raducanu has just been a no-show for most of her career; wins a Grand Slam tournament and then disintegrates.
However, with Raducanu I think it’s also her attitude. She has a massive chip on her shoulder and thinks she can mix it up with the top class players on the strength of a fortuitous run at the 2021 US Open. I still don’t think she understands the hard work required to be a successful tennis player. She’s talented but nothing special, so she needs to work hard on both her fitness and game. I get the feeling she won’t really do that and she’ll fade into obscurity sooner rather than later.
I don’t remember the last top tier British player who had a relatively normal career, health wise.
