Five years on from Emma Raducanu’s miracle of New York, she is at a crossroads

Five years after Emma Raducanu's stunning 2021 US Open victory in New York — achieved during a Covid-affected summer — the British tennis player finds herself at a crossroads in her career. The remarkable triumph, which came across three weeks of dominant play as a qualifier, has proven to be more of a burden than a springboard for her subsequent career. Rather than launching her to sustained success, the win has cast a long shadow over her development as a professional player.