Emma Raducanu opens up on boyfriend ban and why she was ‘resentful’ of parents

Emma Raducanu claims she was banned from having boyfriends and ‘forced’ into tennis as a youngster. The one-time US Open champion has opened up on the route into professional tennis which, at times, created ‘resentment’ between her and her ‘pushy’ parents

Raducanu was living a life unlike many her age when, at 18 years old, she made it to the Wimbledon fourth round as a wildcard. She followed that up by becoming the first qualifier in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title after going all the way at Flushing Meadows.

Born in Toronto, Canada to a Romanian father and a Chinese mother, Raducanu moved to the UK at the age of two and stepped onto a tennis court for the first time only three years later.

“At the start my dad forced me into tennis,” she told The Times. “I didn’t like it, but then as I got older and tennis became more of a priority, I was pushing myself.