'Just keep swimming': Emma Raducanu signs off after eventful Wimbledon concludes

Most people might've consider Emma Raducanu's Centre Court defeat to qualifier Lulu Sun on Sunday at Wimbledon to be a surprise, considering the 2021 US Open champion's resurgent form in the grass-court summer and Sun's relative inexperience on the biggest stages of top level tennis.

But the Brit was serving up a healthy dose of perspective on Monday in her first social media posts after an eventful end to her 2024 stay at the All England Club, which saw her reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time since her win in New York three summers ago.

At this time last year, Raducanu was recovering from surgeries on both wrists and an ankle, and had just started hitting tennis balls again around the time of the grass-court Grand Slam. Reposting a stitched photo of herself from then, in a hospital bed, and now, smiling on court, on Monday, she was grateful—despite any disappointment from a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 defeat that also gave her another injury scare when she slipped and fell on the grass-court surface early in the third set.

"Only take a glance back to see how far you've come," she wrote. "[Seven] months back from starting to hit balls again, build from here."

Invoking the famous line about perserverance from the animated film Finding Nemo, the Brit, who'll be back in the Top 100 next week, promised to "just keep swimming."

The posts echoed comments that Raducanu made in her post-loss press conference, where she said the event's of this year's London fortnight only "fuel her fire."

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"I beat two Top 10 players within two weeks, which is a pretty big deal for me, seeing as the whole US Open even I didn't play one Top 10 player. I think I have to take confidence from that," Raducanu said.

"Six months ago when I was starting out after surgery, I would have signed for fourth round at Wimbledon. Of course I'm disappointed. Of course I want more. I think everything does happen for a reason. It just fuels the fire and makes me more hungry."

Having elected to skip the Paris Olympics, Raducanu will next be in action at the WTA 500 Mubadala Citi DC Open, which begins on July 29.