Emma Raducanu revealed that she received over 150 messages from those close to her following her Cincinnati first round win over Serena Williams. On Tuesday night in Cincinnati, Raducanu beat Williams 6-4 6-0. Raducanu didn’t have much time to rest as the following day she clashed Victoria Azarenka in the afternoon session and won 6-0 6-2.
Raducanu admitted that she is a bad texter and that she didn’t really read or reply to all of the messages. “Yeah, a lot of messages, a lot,” Raducanu said, per Sportskeeda. “But I couldn’t reply or go through all of them.
Yeah, I always feel a bit bad, but, yeah, I’m trying to just stay really focused, and that definitely helped. I didn’t open many messages last night and this morning, just a few people. I haven’t really looked at my phone,” she added.
“An hour later, right before I came in, I needed to call my physio, and I just saw the messages, didn’t open. I was, like, I’ve just got to focus (smiling).”
Raducanu: I received 78 messages on iMessage and like 80 on WhatsApp
“Probably like a hundred,” Raducanu revealed.
“No, like — yeah. I mean, like, 78 on iMessage and then like 80 on WhatsApp or something.” Raducanu is always in the spotlight and she receives a ton of messages daily. Raducanu doesn’t only receive a lot of messages from her fans, she is also often messaged a lot by her friends.
Raducanu described herself as an “awful texter.” “I’m an awful texter. I think I’m known for it. To my friends, at least, Raducanu said. “But I feel bad, but I just — like when you get so many messages, it’s tough to reply to all of them.
Yeah, it’s something that’s kind of just happened.” Raducanu kicked off her campaign in a stunning style, beating two Grand Slam champions and two former world No. 1s.
