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Raducanu continues: “The calmness and the mental strength comes from my upbringing. I think my parents have both instilled in me from a very young age to definitely have a positive attitude on court … when I was younger, it was definitely an absolute no-go if I had any sort of bad attitude. So from a young age, I definitely learned that, and it’s followed me until now. When you’re serving out a match on such a big stage, to go into your first semi-finals of a slam, you definitely need a sense of calm to get through that moment, especially I was 0-30 to just reset, and focus on what I could control, like, I knew exactly what patterns I was going to play … I was just very focused and in the moment. I wasn’t getting ahead of myself.”
Raducanu is asked about established British players helping her development: “Andy [Murray] has quite often, on occasion, spoken to me and I’ve actually hit with him two times, which was really good for me to see his ball speed and how good he is, and I’ve played mixed doubles against him.”