EMMA Raducanu swaps her Porsche for a train back from her Eastbourne loss.
The tennis ace, 22, carried her own bags as she returned to London.
TillenDoveTennis ace Emma Raducanu was spotted catching a train back to London following her recent loss in Eastbourne[/caption]
PAThe star had a practice session ahead of her Wimbledon match today[/caption]
Victor GoicoEmma with the Porsche she was given after her 2021 US Open win[/caption]
She had a practice session ahead of her Wimbledon match today.
The Porsche she was given after her 2021 US Open win was “taken back” last year.
Emma was spotted buying a coffee with coach Mark Petchey and mum Renee Zhai on the platform.
A source said: “This shows Emma’s success has not got to her head, and she is still very much focused and down to Earth.
“The train was the quickest way back to London, so she took it instead of asking for a car, which some other players would have done.”
The unseeded and injury-hit ace will face teen starlet Mimi Xu, 17, in front of 12,000 fans today.
Raducanu said she sees a lot of her younger self in her fellow Brit, but is confident of ending her Wimbledon debut at the first hurdle.
Earlier in the week, Emma opened up on her relationship with Carlos Alcaraz.
It was recently announced that the superstar pair will be teaming up for the revamped US Open mixed doubles event in August.
Raducanu, 22, set tongues wagging as she headed to Queen’s to cheer on her new doubles partner at the swanky West London club.
And SunSport revealed that the “spark” between Alcaraz and Raducanu was the “talk of Queen’s” the week prior.
The British No1 missed the Spaniard’s victory over Jiri Lehecka as she had headed to Eastbourne to play in her final event before Wimbledon.
Speaking before her round one match against Ann Li, Raducanu lifted the lid on her partnership with Alcaraz.
After the world No2 joked that Raducanu “took a while” to give him a response, she said: “I mean, of course, I had to ask my team if they wanted me to play.
“But for me, when he asked me, I was going to say yes, I just had to kind of go through the formality of asking my coach, so I didn’t just make the decision.”
When it was put to Raducanu that fans have frequently joked that she and Alcaraz are “destined for each other”, the British star laughed and replied: “I’m glad the internet is having fun and we’re providing entertainment for everyone.”
On how they became friends, Raducanu added: “I’ve known him for years and actually in Wimbledon 2021 it was like kind of the first time I started getting to know him, and I had a good run there and then also again in the US Open in 2021.
“And I remember he was always playing the day before me and I was playing like the second day of the round.
“And I would see him win and then I would have motivation to win and get myself into that position too.
“And I remember he beat Stef [Tsitsipas] in the third round and it was like a big win, his breakout kind of win on a big stage and it was really cool to kind of, I guess, go through that tournament together and then I kept going through the US Open, but we were staying in touch for the whole time and yeah, it’s nice.”
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