‘Whoever Gets Hot’ – Martina Navratilova Gives Her Verdict on the Potential US Open Winner From a ‘Crazy’ WTA Contenders List

Former Czech-American tennis player Martina Navratilova is currently covering the US Open with Amazon Prime as an expert analyst. While analyzing the women’s draw at this year’s US Open, she picked Emma Raducanu’s name once again as the potential winner.

Notably, after winning the US Open last year, Raducanu has been struggling with her form, as she has had a disappointing year so far. One of the reasons could be her continuous changing of coaches. Navratilova also talked about this, as she wants Raducanu to stick with her current coach.

Martina Navratilova picks Emma Raducanu once again to win this year’s US Open

It is worth noting that Dmitry Tursunov is the current coach of Raducanu. Speaking about her current coach, Navratilova said, “This is a good coaching situation for her… I hope she sticks with it. If I had that many coaches in a year, I would be struggling, too. Too many points of view, too many philosophies – too much information.”

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“When you get information from one coach you can kind of sift through that, figure it out. But when you’re getting it from so many different people, how are you supposed to process all that?” she said further. 

Later, Navratilova talked about the “crazy” situation in the women’s draw, as Raducanu won it out of nowhere last year. However, she is still backing the Brit to win this year. “The winner will be whoever gets hot. Could be Emma Raducanu again. I wouldn’t put it past her,” she said. 

No surprise winner this time around?

Last year, no one thought Emma Raducanu would win the tournament when she was playing in the qualifying rounds. To everyone’s surprise, she won the tournament by beating the Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the final. Moreover, she won the tournament without dropping a set.

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Speaking about this year’s winner, Navratilova feels there won’t be any surprise winner like Raducanu. But she feels we could see a first-time winner. Moreover, she praised some of the players, like Madison Keys and Coco Gauff, for their recent performances.

Meanwhile, this year’s US Open will be Serena Williams‘ last tournament, as she has already announced her retirement. Yesterday, she made a great start by beating Danka Kovinic 6-3 6-3 in the first round. Serena has been looking for her 24th Grand Slam title for a while now. So, could she surprise everyone by winning the title in her last tournament?