“This was a great effort against a really good player in Kovinic. I take my hat off. She couldn’t even shake hands!
“In Wimbledon she reached the fourth round, at the US Open she won, and in the Australian Open she won a great first round against a former Grand Slam champion in Sloane Stephens. Then she played a fantastic match tonight.
“She is on her way. She won the Grand Slam – that’s over. Now we start being a professional tennis player. That is where she is at.”
Speaking after her loss, Raducanu claimed some of her coaching team did not want her to play due to the injury to her hand.
