“Cash priority” – Emma Raducanu accused of only playing for money after the Briton decided to attend an event in China post undergoing three surgeries

Emma Raducanu will be a part of a tennis exhibition event in China. She will be joined by the likes of Juan Martin del Potro, Marat Safin, and Carlos Moya who are former ATP players. There will be some Chinese players in the event too. Chinese players like Li Zhe, He Yecong, Wang Xiaofei, and Wang Fa will feature in the event.

Emma Raducanu was expected to take the season off due to her having 3 surgeries recently. She is currently recovering and is nowhere near being fully fit. This caused her to pull out of the 2023 French Open and is also more than likely to miss the  Wimbledon.

The event in China is named the International Tennis Masters tournament and is set to commence on June 2022 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center. Raducanu is the only player from the WTA division being featured at the event in China.

Fans are confused about Raducanu’s decision. It is still not known whether she will be actually playing tennis or is just on the list to draw more audience. Fans are pointing out how it will not be safe for her to actually play before her recovery process is done, even the doctors would not permit it.

Twitter has already been filled with hot takes from the fans about this matter. A part of the community is just trying to bring Emma down and blaming her for doing this only for the money. They are mentioning how Emma Raducanu is using her star power to draw an audience in order to earn more. These fans think she should rather focus on getting fitter than attending such events.

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Here are some fans’ reactions on Twitter:

A part of the fans are concerned about her going to China. They are expressing how it worries them that this will hamper Raducanu’s career. Raducanu’s PR team should also be praised because they have made it possible for her to be involved in productive activities and be in the limelight even during times of missing tennis.

The tennis world is worried that Emma Raducanu will lose her high for tennis as a sport and be in the game just for the fame rather than being passionate about The organizers are probably using Raducanu’s Chinese heritage to bring in the audience and also get some global attention which has been successful so far.

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