Former multiple Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi from the USA spoke at length about the career of Emma Raducanu, the British athlete with Romanian origins.
Raducanu is currently taking a longer break due to her medical issues, reaching 98th place in the WTA rankings at 23 years old. At 18, she won the US Open after a fairy-tale final against Leylah Fernandez.
Recently, the Brit made a reference to Agassi and his autobiography, "Open": "I was particularly intrigued by the period when he managed to overcome the crisis he was going through at the end of the 1990s, creating his own training program and finding his way back to the top," stated Raducanu.
Currently in London for the start of the Laver Cup, Agassi was asked about the comments made by the tennis player with a Romanian father. In an interview on BBC Breakfast, Agassi said: "It's wonderful to hear that someone is discovering things they can relate to," emphasized the former ATP leader. "It was simply the hope that if one person read it and it gave them hope, a few tools to understand that they are not alone, that they can find a solution and reach a healthier state without directing their frustrations towards tennis, then it would have been a success for me," he continued.
"To hear that, after 17 years, it can still have an impact on someone, especially in this sport, really makes me feel good," he added, referring to his book published in 2009.
Raducanu played a final last year in Cluj-Napoca, at the WTA Transylvania Open, lost in two sets to Sorana Cirstea.
Agassi has won all Grand Slam tournaments at least once, took Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996, and spent 87 weeks as the world number one.
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