Tennis star makes 'sucks your energy' claim amid wish for Emma Raducanu talks
Emma Raducanu has spoken about the impact fame has had on her mental health
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Tennis star Bianca Andreescu has revealed fame can 'suck your energy' after previously admitting to wanting talks with Emma Raducanu.
Raducanu has blown hot and cold ever since her remarkable triumph at the US Open back in 2021.
The Brit has found it tough adjusting to the spotlight, even if her obvious talent shows she has a bright future ahead.
And Andreescu, speaking on the No Challenges Remaining podcast, has opened up on how fame can impact top athletes.
Tennis star Bianca Andreescu has admitted fame 'sucks your energy' after wanting to meet Emma Raducanu
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“Us tennis players at the beginning, we just play the sport because we love it," she said.
"We don’t necessarily want to become famous. Then you find out it’s all a part of it.
"It really sucks your energy. We’re all human at the end of the day."
Earlier in the year, Andreescu admitted she'd love to meet Raducanu to talk about their shared experiences.
In March she said: "I would honestly really, really like to speak to her because of that, because of our similarities.
"I mean, she’s also Romanian. She was born in Toronto, which is super, super crazy.
"Definitely I would love to speak to her, for sure. Maybe we can help each other out."
In June, Raducanu opened up on the ways fame had impacted her - revealing she felt 'extremely naive' after her stunning US Open triumph.
"I had to mature very quickly. When I won I was extremely naive," she told the Sunday Times.
“What I have realised in the past two years, the tour and everything that comes with it, it’s not a very nice, trusting and safe space.
"You have to be on guard because there are a lot of sharks out there.
“I think people in the industry, especially with me because I was 19, now 20, they see me as a piggy bank.
“It has been difficult to navigate. I have been burnt a few times. I have learnt, keep your circle as small as possible.
“I was struggling with the physical pain but the mental side of it was really difficult for me too.
“I always want to put forward the best version of myself, or strive for that, but I knew I couldn’t.
“I very much attach my self-worth to my achievements. If I lost a match I would be really down, I would have a day of mourning, literally staring at the wall. I feel things so passionately and intensely.
“When you are on the tour, giving interviews, you don’t want to give that information out, what you are going through, how little you are practising. You don’t want to show your cards to your competitors.
“I was under so much pressure to perform, people had no idea what was going on and I had to have this facade, to keep everything inside.
"It has been really hard. And then to be scrutinised for it when they don’t know what is going on.
“I am very young and still learning and making mistakes. It is a lot harder when you are making mistakes in front of everyone and everyone has something to say about it. The tour is completely brutal.”
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Emma Raducanu won the US Open back in 2021
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And the 20-year-old also sadly said she sometimes wishes she hadn't won the US Open.
“Sometimes I think to myself I wish I’d never won the US Open, I wish that didn’t happen," she said.
"Then I am like, remember that feeling, remember that promise, because it was completely pure.”