WIMBLEDON, England — A day after the British teenager Emma Raducanu struggled to control her breathing and retired from her fourth-round match at Wimbledon, she was back on the BBC for an interview with the longtime host Sue Barker.
“I don’t know what caused it,” Raducanu said. “I think that it was a combination of everything that has gone on behind the scenes in the last week, the accumulation of the excitement, the buzz.”
Raducanu, 18, arrived for her first main-draw appearance at Wimbledon with a wild card and a ranking of 338 and proceeded to beat three experienced players in straight sets before her retirement against Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia on Monday when trailing 4-6, 0-3.