Emma Raducanu: Tim Henman says Wimbledon defeat to world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka will ‘motivate’ Brit | Tennis News

Tim Henman says that the courageous outing of the third round of Emma Raducanu, Aryna Sabalenka, “will motivate” her for the American swing of the hard ground.

Raducanu knows exactly how to get the most out of her game on the grass and she once again performed at Club All England.

A victory in the second round on former champion Marketa Vondrousova was very impressive and she was unhappy to lose against World n ° 1 Sabalenka in one of the tournament matches.

A key characteristic of Raducanu’s success was its close partnership with coach Mark Petchey, but it faces more uncertainty on this front with Petchey does not want to abandon his media career.

Raducanu prosperous with people in whom she trusts her, so finding a stable configuration must be the priority before the United States Open, which she won in 2021.

“She was a much better player than she was in 2021 because she had four more years of experience and now she started to build more than one team around her,” said Henman Sky Sports News.

“She has done a lot more competition this year, which therefore emphasizes the physical resilience she has because she always injured herself. I hope she can continue in this vein because if she continues to do the right things on the training field, the results will come on the match because she is a good player. And I think it was great to see her on the biggest stage of our sport against the number of players in the world.

“She had a very good chance to win this match and I am sure that it will now motivate her to switch to the swing in America to continue building.”

“Wimbledon was a steep learning curve for draper”

Henman also believes that British No. 1 Jack Draper needs to “adapt his game” to compete with the Wimbledon Champion Jannik Sinner and the five -time winner, Carlos Alcaraz.

So far, it was a great season for Draper, with the 23 -year -old to World No 4, but he is still looking for the best way to impose his game on the grass.

As Draper said it after losing against the former Marin Cilic finalist in the second round: “I think there is a false idea, just because I am a left -handed left, I have to be incredible on the grass.”

Cilic gave draper a lesson on how to play the surface, but the Briton has nothing in attitude or professionalism and hopes to join Sinner and Alcaraz in the elite.

“I do not think that anyone could deny that these two, Alcaraz and Sinner, certainly separated the way they dominated the big chelems in the last 18 months to two years. But Jack has made incredible progress this year and was top five in the world,” said Henman.

“He did not have the best Wimbledon, but I think it is a steep learning curve to play at home. He played so well on clay and short hard and I think he needs to adapt his game a little on the grass. And the reality is that you do not take long to play on the grass.

“There are only three weeks between the Open of France and Wimbledon then Wimbledon himself. But he has a large team around him. He would have removed numerous learnings from the championships this year and I am sure that in 12 months, he will be a better player and better prepared.”

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Sinner vs Alcaraz was the last chapter of an increasingly captivating rivalry which seems likely to last for years.

Alcaraz had threatened to make a unilateral duel, after winning his last five meetings, including Epic Five Setter last month in the French Open final.

But Sinner had his revenge for this, dethroning the double champion for a first title of Wimbledon and a crown of the fourth Grand Chelem, one behind the Spaniard. The United States is opening – Live on Sky Sports Tennis – Promises to be a next fascinating episode.

“I think what they did in such a short time is absolutely incredible,” said Henman. “And I think there were understandable concerns that the next generation was going to be in men because of this [Roger] Federer, [Rafael] Nadal and [Novak] Djokovic had done. They won 66 Grand Colem between them.

“I think that sometimes they have almost lifted the bar unjustly high. However, Alcaraz has now won five and the sinners won four, and in the large scheme of the great champions of our sport, you look [Stefan] Edberg, [Boris] Becker and [John] MCENROE and [Jimmy] Connors and [Andre] Agassi, they won six, seven and eight and they are absolute legends of sport.

“Suddenly, we ask the question:” Well, will Alcaraz reach 15 and 20? “I mean, it’s crazy, but they are phenomenal players.

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