“Treated like a princess wherever I go,” Kim Clijsters takes incidirect shots at Emma Raducanu
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Kim Clijsters and Emma Raducanu
Iga Swiatek of Poland won her second-round match in the Miami Open 2022. She defeated Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0. She ascended to the top of the WTA Rankings with this victory. After Ash Barty announced her retirement from the game, the 20-year-old has taken over as the new World No. 1.
As a result, a number of well-known personalities expressed their congratulations and best wishes to the new World No. 1. One of them, on the other hand, not only complimented the Pole but also took aim at a tennis player, who could possibly be Emma Raducanu, the British tennis sensation. She is none other than Kim Clijsters, a former World No. 1.
“There’s sponsors coming in and I get treated like a princess”- Kim Clijsters
In an interview with the WTA, she appears to take aim at Emma Raducanu, without identifying her, after the Brit won the US Open last year. In her words, “She’s had great results in the past, but she still wants to improve. We’ve seen others that kind of take a step back and say, ‘Oh, I’ve won a Slam now, I’ve made it. There’s sponsors coming in and I get treated like a princess wherever I go.”
“Just because you’re the No.1 player and have won Slams, doesn’t mean you should treat other people differently. I feel like Ash Barty did that amazingly, and I think Iga has that focus, too. There’s still a lot of respect for the other people around her,” the World No.1 reiterated.
Emma Raducanu defends her commitment to tennis amidst the “unfair” criticism
In the wake of the “unfair” backlash to her growing list of sponsorship deals, Emma Raducanu has defended her devotion to tennis. The US Open champion was upset in the second round of the Miami Open on Thursday by Katerina Sinaiakova, putting a stop to her hard-court season until the summer. Following her defeat, various social media comments once again emphasised her growing list of commercial partners. Although Porsche announced an agreement with the 19-year-old at the outset of this week, the British No. 1 says that improving her results on the court is her top goal.
Raducanu will compete in the Stuttgart Open, a Porsche-sponsored event, next month, the German manufacturer said on Monday. She will, however, compete for Great Britain in a Billie Jean King Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic in Prague on the 15th and 16th of April.
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