Emma Raducanu fires warning to Luke Littler and reveals she would ‘love’ to meet up with 17-year-old darts hero
EMMA RADUCANU has revealed she would love to meet Luke Littler after his World Darts Championship triumph.
The pair have a lot in common having been propelled into stardom at an early age.
Raducanu was relatively unknown when she won the US Open in 2021, and she admits it was difficult to deal with the judgement she faced with every decision she made since then.
The tennis ace said she would like to meet Littler and take advice from the darts prodigy.
She said: “Amazing respect to him, going out and backing it up and winning the title. It’s difficult.”
Asked if she would like to meet The Nuke, Raducanu replied: “Big time. I’d love to meet any top athletes who have succeeded in their fields.
“Darts is such a precision sport, I’d be so interested to hear what he had to say about it, how he stays focused, because you can be so close but not necessarily execute the final shot.
“In that sense, it’s similar to tennis.”
Raducanu, 22, is aiming to win a match at the Australian Open for the fourth year in a row this week – although she has never progressed past the second round.
She has struggled for form since her win at Flushing Meadows with injuries hindering her progress.
But the youngster also admitted that it was difficult for her to deal with the attention that came her way after winning a Grand Slam title.
Raducanu continued: “Not much prepares you for that, you feel like you’re constantly on edge because you’re being followed.
“But I think the biggest part is the judgment and the comments about every single decision that you make.
“That for me was really difficult to deal with, to try and desensitise myself to it and just understand that it comes with the territory you’re in.”