Eimear Ryan: We can only hope notorious tennis circuit doesn't squeeze the joy from Emma Raducanu

That she turned that experience around and cruised to her first Grand Slam victory just two months later is almost miraculous

Emma Raducanu: Will a couple of years on the Grand Slam circuit wear the US Open champion and these other brilliant young players down, as it has so many others, asks our columnist.

When we look back at 2021, one of the great sporting comeback stories will be that of US Open champion Emma Raducanu.

In July, she was enjoying a good run in front of her home crowd in Wimbledon — a surprise, considering she was just 18 years old and ranked 338th in the world.