EMMA RADUCANU reckons top tennis stars are determined to take her scalp due to her unprecedented success in New York four years ago.

Britain’s leading tennis player, 22, suffered her quickest Grand Slam exit as she was blown away 6-2 6-1 in 62 minutes by clean-hitting No9 seed Elena Rybakina in the US Open third round.

Draws have been very unkind to her this year – she has been dumped out of the Slams by big hitters Iga Swiatek (Australia and French Opens) and Aryna Sabalenka (Wimbledon).

What she did in 2021, winning the £1.8million US Open crown as an 18-year-old and banking pocketfuls of rich sponsorship deals, may have caused some envy within the locker room.

Certainly she feels a target on her back because of her status and it is something she has to deal with when facing the el

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