“Emily Flopucanu,” Fans react as ‘overrated’ Emma Raducanu bows out of the Citi Open

Emma Raducanu

Emma Raducanu, the 19-year-old teenager had the world at her feet last year after she completed a fairy tale run at the 2021 US Open where she went on to win the title after being Leylah Fernandez in the finals of the event. Winning her maiden Grand Slam just being 18 years old put a lot of pressure on her which wasn’t good.

Feeling the pressure this season, Emma Raducanu has had an underwhelming year as she faced early exits from every major tournament she has played this season. Her bad run of form seems to be a long-time thing as the young Brit lost to Ludmilla Samsonova in the quarter-finals of the 2022 Citi Open.

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Twitter reacts to Emma Raducanu’s quarter-final loss at the Citi Open

Emma Raducanu’s progress at the Citi Open was cut short after she lost to Ludmilla Samsonova in the quarter-finals of the event. Raducanu lost the match by 6(6)-7, 1-6. Gearing up for her US Open title defence at the end of this month, the loss at Citi Open will not serve the young Brit good.

Fans took to Twitter to call out Raducanu on her performances, some fans even went as far as to say that early elimination at the Flushing Meadows is guaranteed with her recent performances, and Raducanu staying inside the top 100 by the end of this season will be seen as a win for her at this point.

Fans showed no mercy in expressing their displeasure ober the teenager’s performances, as the defending champion of the US Open, Raducanu sits on 2040 points and her rankings will take a tumble if she unable to perform in the final major tournament of the season. As the defending champion, there will be a lot of added pressure on the young Brit and with her underwhelming performances her performing well at the tournament looks unlikey according to fans across various various social media platforms.

Under new temporary coach, Dmitry Tursunov, Raducanu has faced her first defeat and she will be looking to change things up as the US Open is right around the corner.

Frauducanu as usual… Can't win two straight matches ?
— Syntax Error ? ?? ?? ♏⭐ (@FromMyWindowwww) August 6, 2022

Hype.

Over rated.

Always drama!

Honeymoon is over.
— Mr. Maguire (@Jerry_Mag_101) August 6, 2022

Emily Flopucanu still unable to win more than two matches in a row since US Open.

Will be out of top 75 in a month’s time.
— ModSocDem (@mod_soc_dem) August 6, 2022

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https://twitter.com/JohnEva69467430/status/1555775881704275968?s=20&t=4Nzqg_B1aCCsr5vzE5ugVQ

emma ???? oh well, positive week in some aspects, should have taken the multiple chances though. we go again in toronto ??
— 23 (@RENAWlLLlAMS) August 6, 2022

Too much again @EmmaRaducanu , can’t get through more than two rounds at the moment without fatigue setting in. Needs more time to get use to the tough circuits and heavy schedules that experienced players endure. But she can still do it, eventually!
— Paul Johnson (@Paulj_02) August 6, 2022

I feel some of the weakest parts of her game are that she has no ability to neutralize the big serves of her opponents and has no significant pace of her balls. Without those weapons, I can't imagine she would ever become one of the top players on WTA.
— KAY RHEE (@regatta_kay) August 6, 2022

Sad that Emma didn’t get the win, but this has been a very physically demanding week. Many players didn’t stay the course. Very proud of her she came through a very tough 2nd round match. Plenty of good experience banked. On to Toronto Emma ???????
— Red_Tabby ??? (@karenwr75084451) August 6, 2022

Everybody seems to forget that experience players have wilted in the heat this week but Emma still get's criticized after losing a match after what she endured in her last round.
— James Wilson (@JamesWi23669247) August 6, 2022

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