"I had to change numbers several times" - says Emma Raducanu
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Emma Raducanu recently admitted that she had to change her phone number several times since becoming the US Open champion.
Raducanu saw herself become an overnight sensation after becoming the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title at the 2022 US Open. She did it at last year's New York Slam, and ever since then, her popularity has kept rising, with several problems popping up along the way.
As she explained in a recent interview with The Standard, she had to change her phone number multiple times.
"I’ve changed my number a few times. It’s the [WhatsApp] group chats as well. You get added to a group chat, and it’s, ‘Oh, no’."
Raducanu values her privacy and generally doesn't like to put herself out there too much and it's just one of her personality traits. Besides loving alone time, she is also a bit of a perfectionist, as she detailed.
"I’d say I am too much of a perfectionist. That drives me crazy some - times. Like I obviously think it’s a great trait because I don’t think I would have had the results I did without that drive and that wanting to be better."
"But it can be really self-destructive at the same time because you’re never happy and you’ll always complain or find something wrong."
She opened up also about another part of her personality. Raducanu admitted that despite having friends on the WTA Tour, such as Priscilla Hon and Risa Ozaki, she often likes to spend time alone.
"But I also think another part of my personality is that I very much like to be alone sometimes. Socially, I love hanging out with people. But then equally, I love my own space."
"I have a few friends on the tour, but it’s tough because you don’t have much [free] time, and it’s also competitive out there, so it’s not like everyone wants to be friends with you. But I have a few. Priscilla Hon, Risa Ozaki, and a couple of doubles players who are really nice."
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