Q&A with her clothing sponsor, Uniqlo<\/a>, Raducanu said reading Agassi\u2019s memoir, Open, was an eye-opening experience. <\/p>\nThe 2021 US Open champion Raducanu said she was inspired by Agassi creating his own training regimen with fitness trainer and mentor Gil Reyes. The pair developed equipment specifically designed to strengthen Agassi, who famously ran up \u201cMagic Mountain\u201d, the hill near his Vegas home, throughout his off-season work-out program.<\/p>\n
\u201cI recently read former tennis player Andre Agassi\u2019s autobiography Open and Matt Haig\u2019s novel The Midnight Library,\u201d Raducanu said. \u201cOpen describes what Agassi was up to and how he built his career in startling detail. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was especially intrigued by the passage where he got out of his slump in the late 1990s by creating his own training regimen and finding his way back to the top. It speaks in depth about his early successes, and the lows he reached perhaps as a result of them. A lot of it was so relatable. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Midnight Library is the story of a woman mired in regret who gets the chance to go back and try out a different path, only to find that this other choice may not necessarily be the better one. I don\u2019t read just fiction or nonfiction, I read all kinds of books.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former world No. 10 Raducanu, who left Nike to sign with Uniqlo, said freshness and fit are essential elements to her on-court kit.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst impression. The way I look when I step onto the court plays a big part in my image, so if the uniform can help me express who I am, that\u2019s a huge plus,\u201d Raducanu said of her apparel. \u201cI value a good fit that doesn\u2019t flap around or get bunched up when I\u2019m playing hard.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I need materials that feel fresh even if I\u2019m sweating. These functionalities help me focus on the match. UNIQLO makes simple, elegant items from excellent materials. What more could you want!\u201d<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old Raducanu, who has posted an 11-10 record this season, is currently ranked No. 98. <\/p>\n
Though she has potentially years more to play tennis, Raducanu has given though to life after the WTA Tour. Raducanu said when she closes the curtain on her career as a pro player, she looks forward to becoming at art gallery curator.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d love to have my own gallery. I\u2019m especially taken with works on canvas and sculpture in the vein of modern art,\u201d Raducanu said. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing how differently everyone responds to art. I\u2019d like to explore this as a curator and create a space that reflects my own sensibilities. That\u2019s the dream.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily Fuzz Emma Raducanu on first impressions, Agassi inspiration and dream career. Richard PagliaroSeptember 21, 20263 minute read…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-856173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}