Emma has found that loving life is an art

EMMA RADUCANU'S build-up to her fourth Wimbledon has been overshadowed by her nagging back injury, a stalker and upsetting personal news.

- By Neil McLeman

But despite the pressure of her home Grand Slam, the British No.1 is seeking to rediscover the smile of her early career with the support of her old trusted team - and a new love of art history.

The then 18-year-old shot to relative fame in SW19 in 2021 when she reached the fourth round just weeks after sitting her A levels.

Her profile hit new heights when she became the first qualifier to ever win a Grand Slam in New York two months later before suffering lows in the last four years.

But Raducanu, now at the wise old age of 22, wants to recapture her former free self to avoid living a future life with regrets.

"I want to just really embody having a good time and joy and I think I've really recently realised that what we do, it's for such a short amount of time, and it will go before we know it," she confessed.

"I was actually listening to Ana Ivanovic say the same thing. She said she wished she had enjoyed it more. Sometimes I want to go into the future and think: 'Oh my God, am I going to regret not enjoying this moment?'