🎾 Emma Raducanu Backed for a Stunning Wimbledon Triumph Despite Alarming Ranking Slide to Her Lowest Point in Two Years
Dan Evans has sensationally claimed that Emma Raducanu will win Wimbledon – despite her recent injury woes. Raducanu has been sidelined by a leg injury since June and pulled out of her home Slam on the eve of the tournament. After spending four months on the sidelines, the Brit has dropped to No. 107 in the world, her worst ranking in two years. But Evans, a former world No. 21 who was part of Britain’s Davis Cup-winning squad in 2015, still believes that Raducanu has what it takes to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish.
I genuinely think she will win Wimbledon one day,” the retired Brit told the Telegraph. “Yeah, I don’t know why. She’s good, and I think – I’m saying this in as nice a way as possible – I think she thinks she’s good.
Not in an arrogant way, but when she plays big matches, she’s like ‘Whatever. This is just another match.’ And yeah, I just think one day she’ll get it.”
Evans has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind. The Birmingham lad has been a somewhat polarising figure in tennis. When he announced his retirement this summer, he called out the LTA and Leon Smith – GB’s Davis Cup captain and the LTA’s head of men’s tennis – for failing to give him wildcards into home tournaments for his farewell.
And his Raducanu prediction is another bold call. But the former world No. 21 believes she has a good work ethic, and could one day rise to the occasion in front of a home crowd in SW19
The crowd can play such a big part in tennis, and you have to keep yourself together on Centre Court, because it’s a daunting place to go and play. But she looks like she loves it out there,” he continued.
Although she won the 2021 US Open title as a teenage qualifier, a Wimbledon title may now feel a long way off for Raducanu, who has not played a match since finishing runner-up at Queen’s on June 14. A stress fracture has left her on the sidelines, though she recently returned to training.
During her prolonged absence, she’s now dropped outside of the world’s top 100 for the first time since 2024. Evans believes the 23-year-old may need to spend more time on the tennis court, but by all accounts, he knows she is a hard worker.
“There’s no doubt she needs to have a racket in her hand a bit more. I’m sure she’s getting pushed side-to-side by endorsements, and there’s a bit of tug of war on what she needs to do, what she doesn’t,” he added.
“I admit I’ve not watched her practices very often, but from what I’m told she’s a good trainer: she works for two, three hours in a row with hardly any break.”
