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Emma Raducanu: Rio Olympic champion Monica Puig warns of social media but says Brit can repeat US Open success | Tennis News

Rio Olympic women’s singles’ champion Monica Puig has warned Britain’s Emma Raducanu against the “toxic” nature of social media but believes she can repeat her sensational US Open title success in 2021.

Raducanu shocked the tennis world by winning at Flushing Meadows as an 18-year-old qualifier but life for the Bromley ace has not been a bed of roses since her victory.

Having shot to superstardom, the British No 1 has seen a revolving door of coaches, battle coronavirus, blisters and a number of niggling injuries, while her body is still adjusting to the demands of competing on the WTA Tour week in, week out.

Former tennis star Puig can see a resemblance between her historic Olympic gold medal for Puerto Rico at the Rio Games in 2016 and Raducanu’s rise to fame and can “sympathise” with her recent struggles.

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Monica Puig shocked the tennis world by winning Olympic gold in Rio

“I saw her many times courtside during the US Open when she did win that title and she is a very talented player,” said Puig, who announced her retirement from tennis, citing injuries last summer.

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“Physically, she’s still very young. I’m not going to say she’s already a very established player with a lot of experience. She won that US Open title having not played many WTA events and she hasn’t had a full calendar.

“She still needs time to develop and time to find out who she is as a tennis player, who she is as a person and I can sympathise with her because when I won the Olympics it came out of nowhere.

“I didn’t have as much media attention as she does and I can only imagine coming from the UK where something like that is so big. It just exploded.”

You’re not going to have everybody who loves you. You’re going to have those who are not going to like you

Monica Puig warns Raducanu of the dangers of social media

What does Raducanu have to do moving forward?

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German Sebastian Sachs is currently coaching Raducanu

Raducanu is currently working with her fifth different coach, Sebastien Sachs, who guided Belinda Bencic to Olympic gold and has also worked with former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka and Germany’s Julia Gorges.

Andy Murray’s former physical trainer Jez Green has also worked alongside the 20-year-old during the off-season.

Puig believes it’s vital for Raducanu to have an established and settled team in place for her to set her future goals.

“Not necessarily big ones because she won that Grand Slam title, but she hasn’t been able to string many results together in a row,” said Puig.

“Let go of the expectation after winning a Grand Slam. First it’s small goals so quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals consistently of 250 events. Maybe win a couple more matches in a row and work on things on the court. See your opponents. What are they doing to you? Where are the holes in my game and start filling in those holes by practising more on those things. It can take the pressure off her back.”

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Social media can be a ‘toxic’ environment

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Social media has helped boost the Raducanu brand

Puig has also warned Raducanu against social media, although the British No 1 is an avid user of the tool and has helped boost her brand since her US Open title success with a sponsorship portfolio that includes Nike, Wilson, HSBC, Porsche, Vodafone, British Airways, Evian, and Dior.

“Don’t focus on social media because we all know that social media is a great tool to boost your brand but it can be toxic especially for a person like Raducanu who has so many people following her and so many people who want to see her succeed and also a lot of people who don’t,” said Puig.

“You’re not going to have everybody who loves you. You’re going to have those who are not going to like you.

“She has a great future ahead of her if she is able to settle herself but once she does and she organises herself in the way that works for her, she can end up making great strides and doing some really great things. Now it’s just about that consistency day in, day out and believing that she can do it again.”

Remember the reason why your started playing tennis in the first place. It’s because of the love of the sport.

Monica Puig

Raducanu: The Brand

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“I’m not saying she needs to leave social media alone altogether because part of being a tennis player is having to deal with all these endorsements that have come her way and she deserves that because she won a Grand Slam title,” Puig continued.

“Those endorsement deals come with obligations and if you don’t meet those obligations the brand is not getting what they need out of you. The brand does need you to perform on court so you’re exposed, you’re out there, you’re promoting their things.

“You can make more money off the court than on it, but on the court it’s important to focus and dedicate all your time to your craft because that’s what got you there. At the end of the day, wins equal dollar signs and new contracts.

“That’s what I ended up seeing in my own career, so I’m speaking more from experience. It’s a fine balance because I’m not saying don’t do it altogether because honestly, it’s impossible at this point. She needs to do these obligations contractually but focus on the tennis and the work and then do that.

“It’s about putting your life in order, having a schedule, sticking to that schedule and then finding time for other things.”

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Can she win more Grand Slams?

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Raducanu has the ability to win another Grand Slam, according to Puig

Former players and many current coaches believe Raducanu’s US Open success was not a flash in the pan with Puig certain she can do it again.

“Absolutely! She’s still young. It’s a matter of time. We’re always seeing generational changes with so players like myself and Serena Williams having now stepped away. The new generation that’s going to come and carry the torch for the future generation,” said Puig, who will run both Boston and London marathons on 17 and 23 April, respectively.

“Yes, she is going to be in that circle of names that are going to be a force to be reckoned with. She just needs to settle, find her ground and take the pressure and expectation off because she already did something that not many people can do.

“Remember the reason why you started playing tennis in the first place. It’s because of the love of the sport.”

Mónica Puig, campeona olímpica en 2016, se retira del tenis – Chicago Tribune

Mónica Puig, quien consiguió la primera medalla olímpica de oro para Puerto Rico en los Juegos de Río de Janeiro, anunció el lunes su retiro del tenis profesional a los 28 años mediante un mensaje en sus redes sociales.

Puig hizo historia para la isla con su oro en los sencillos individuales del cuadro femenino en 2016. También se convirtió en la primera mujer boricua en colgarse una presea olímpica de cualquier color.

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“Después de una dura pelea de 3 años con lesiones y 4 cirugías, mi cuerpo ya no puede más”, escribió Puig el lunes. “Esta decisión no es fácil porque me hubiera encantado retirarme en mis propios términos, pero a veces la vida te depara otros planes y tenemos que abrir nuevas puertas que conducen a posibilidades emocionantes”.

La puertorriqueña Mónica Puig devuelve el tiro de la estadounidense Danielle Collins, en el partido del Abierto de Madrid, el viernes 29 de abril de 2022, en Madrid. (Bernat Armangue/AP)

Puig dijo que trabajará a tiempo completo como comentarista de ESPN y “exploraré funciones de consultoría para jóvenes promesas del tenis, así como con programas y academias”.

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Se retira tras acumular un récord de 303-215 y un título de sencillos en la WTA, aparte de la consagración olímpica. Su mejor ranking fue cuando alcanzó el 27mo puesto en septiembre de 2016. Se embolsó más de 3.5 millones de dólares en premios.

Puig paró de jugar durante el primer set del que acabaría siendo su último torneo, el mes pasado en Francia, ante Fiona Ferro. Disputó otro partido oficial esta temporada, en el Abierto de Madrid, sucumbiendo ante Danielle Collins.

Aparte de esos partidos, Puig estuvo fuera de actividad desde que fue eliminada en la primera ronda del Abierto de Francia en octubre de 2020.

En junio de 2021 anunció que no iba a poder defender su oro olímpico en los Juegos de Tokio y se perdería el resto de la temporada tras someterse a una cirugía en el hombro derecho. Fue su segunda operación para reparar el manguito rotador y el tendón del bíceps.

Puig también se operó el codo derecho en diciembre de 2019.

En Río 2016, Puig se presentó sin ser cabeza de serie y como número 34 del ranking. Pero encadenó una sucesión de inesperados triunfos que culminó con una victoria en tres sets ante Angelique Kerber — campeona de tres torneos de Grand Slam — por 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 en la final. Previamente había dejado en el camino a otras dos campeonas de grandes, Petra Kvitova y Garbiñe Muguruza. Puig se convirtió en la primera mujer no preclasificada en proclamarse campeona en sencillos desde que el tenis regresó al programa olímpico en 1988.

“Puerto Rico, gracias por siempre apoyarme. Por ser mi fuerza y mi hogar. Gracias por traerme tanta alegría y amor”, escribió Puig. “Escuchar nuestro himno en el podio por primera vez en la historia con una medalla de oro, siempre va a ser el recuerdo más bello de mi vida y carrera”.

El mejor resultado de Puig en un Grand Slam fue la cuarta ronda de Wimbledon como una adolescente en 2013.

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“Durante los últimos 28 años de mi vida, el tenis ha sido mi constante. Me brindó algunas de las experiencias más emocionantes y electrizantes que pude haber deseado”, destacó Puig. “Pero, a veces, las buenas cosas llegan a un punto final”.

Puig, Monica

Monica Puig (Spanish Mónica Puig ; born September 27, 1993, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican professional tennis player; Olympic champion in 2016 in singles; winner of two WTA tournaments in singles; former second racket of the world in the junior rankings; finalist in two junior Grand Slam tournaments in singles (Australian Open and French Open 2011).

General information

Monica is one of two children of José and Astrid Puig. She has a brother, Ricky.

Puerto Rican came to tennis at the age of 6. Favorite surface is hard.

Sports career

Early career

Puig played her first doubles match for the Puerto Rico national team in the Fed Cup qualifying round in 2008 at the age of 14. In April 2010, she won the first ITF tournament. In February 2011, Monica won the 25,000th ITF in the USA. In April of the same year, she qualified for the main draw of the Charleston tournament and thus made her debut on the WTA Tour. In early May, the Puerto Rican won the 25,000 ITF in Switzerland, and in August the 10,000 in Mexico. Puig’s next victories came in October 2012. First, she won the 50,000th ITF in Jouet-le-Tour, and then managed to become the winner of the 100,000th ITF in Poitiers, where she outplayed Elena Vesnina in the final. At the end of 2012 19-year-old tennis player has already crept close to the first hundred, taking 127th line.

In the spring of 2013, at the clay tournament in Oeiras, Puig advanced to the WTA quarter-finals for the first time. Starting performances with qualifications, she outplayed Julia Goerges and Francesca Schiavone in the first two rounds. This result allowed Monica to finally get into the Top 100 of the world ranking. In May, the Puerto Rican debuted in the main draw at the Grand Slam tournaments, playing at the French Open. Immediately, she managed to get into the third round and beat the No. 11 seed Nadezhda Petrova and Madison Keys. She performed even better in June at the Wimbledon tournament. In the first round, for the first time, she beat the tennis player from the Top 10 – Sara Errani (No. 5 in the world at that time). After winning two more matches, Monica advanced to the fourth round. The debut at the US Open was not so successful for her – at the start she lost to Alisa Kleybanova. In September, Puig advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament in Guangzhou. Finished the season in 55th place in the rankings.

At the 2014 Australian Open, Puig only made it to the second round. In April, for the first time in the season, she reached the quarterfinals at a tournament in Monterrey. In May, the Puerto Rican was able to win her first WTA title. It happened at the clay tournament in Strasbourg, which took place a week before Roland Garros. Puig defeated Spain’s Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Despite this success, at the French Open, Puig was eliminated at the start, losing to Samantha Stosur. She also lost to Madison Keys in the first round at the Wimbledon tournament. The US Open ended for Monica in the second round, where she was beaten by Andrea Petkovic. In the fall, she played once in the quarterfinals at a tournament in Guangzhou.

2015-17 Gold medal at the Rio Olympics

At the 2015 Australian Championships, Puig, like a year ago, was eliminated from the tournament in the second round. In February, she played in the semi-finals of the tournament in Pattaya and the quarter-finals in Acapulco. The next time she went to the 1/4 finals in April at a tournament in Bogotá. Remaining in the season, the three Grand Slam tournaments ended for the Puerto Rican in the same way – with a defeat in the first round. The 2015 season was not the best for her and Puig dropped by 9 by the end of the year.2nd place in the ranking.

2016 was a much better year for Puig than the previous one. Already in January, she was able to reach the final of the tournament in Sydney, starting her way to it with three rounds of qualification. In total, she won seven matches in a row on the way to the decisive match, and in the fight for the title she could not beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova (0-6, 2-6). At the Australian Open, Monica advanced to the third round. where she lost to world No. 4 Agnieszka Radwańska. In April, Puig reached the 1/4 finals of the tournament in Prague. On the courts of Roland Garros, she managed to get into the third round, where Puig lost to American Madison Keys. In June, she reached the semi-finals of the grass tournaments twice, first in Nottingham and then in Eastbourne. At Wimbledon, the Puerto Rican lost to Johanna Conte in the first round. In early August, she reached the semi-finals of the tournament in Florianopolis, after which she went to the first Olympics in her career. In Rio de Janeiro, Puig won a sensational victory in singles at the Olympic tennis tournament. At the time of the start of the Olympics, Monica had never entered the Top 30 of the world ranking in her career and won only one WTA tournament, Puig brought Puerto Rico its first ever gold Olympic medal, and also became the first woman in the history of the country to win an Olympic award. In the final, Puig defeated one of the favorites of the competition – the second racket of the world at that time German Angelique Kerber.

2017-2019

In April 2019, Monica participated in the WTA tournament in Charleston (USA), where she reached the semi-finals, but lost to the American tennis player, the future winner of the tournament Madison Keys in straight sets. And if in the first set there was a rather stubborn struggle, where everything ended up with a score of 6-4 in favor of the Keys, then Puig lost the second set dry: 0-6.

At the 2019 US Open, lost in the first round to Rebecca Peterson of Sweden in straight sets.

Puig’s history at the 2016 Olympics

After her Olympic triumph, Puig competed at the US Open but lost at the start. In September, she reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Tokyo. In October, she reached the same stage at a tournament in Tianjin.

At the 2017 Australian Open, Monica was eliminated in the second round. The best results of the spring stage for her were reaching the semi-finals in Doha and the quarter-finals in Acapulco. At the French Open, as in Australia, she was eliminated in the second round, and at Wimbledon and the US Open in the first.

Final WTA Ranking by Year

Tournament Appearances

Singles Appearances

Olympic Singles Finals (1)

Wins (1)

WTA Singles Finals54

WTA Singles Finals54 Wins (2)

Losses (2)

ITF Singles Finals (10)

Wins (6)

Losses (4)

Doubles Appearances

ITF Doubles Tournament Finals (1)

Losses (1)

Tournament history

As of February 19, 2019

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Single tournaments

Biography of Puerto Rican tennis player Monica Puig

Monica Puig is a popular Puerto Rican tennis player. She is the first athlete from this country to win gold medals at the Olympics. Twice won the WTA tournaments.

Consider in detail the biography of Monica Puig.

Childhood

A Puerto Rican girl was born in San Juan on September 27, 1993. In the Puig family, in addition to the daughter, there is a son. At a young age, the girl began to learn tennis, honing her skills on hard.

Career

The beginning of the girl’s career began in mid-2010, when Monica made her debut at the ITF tournament. 10 months later, the girl won her first title at the age of 17. Two months later, she was able to qualify for a major WTA tournament, thereby making her debut in adult tennis. The following year, the girl won several minor ITF titles, managing to get close to the top hundred of the world rankings.

At the beginning of the next season there was a big shift in the professional career. Monica reached the quarterfinal stage at the tournament in Oeiras. Performances at the tournament helped the Puerto Rican tennis player debut in the top hundred of the rankings. In the summer of the same year, the young athlete was selected for the main draw of Roland Garros, where she managed to get through to the third round. Already at the end of the year at the US OPEN, the Puerto Rican tennis player was defeated in the first round of the competition. As a result, Puig finished that season on the 55th line of the rating.

The main success of the young tennis player’s career came in 2016 in Brazil. In autumn, the Puerto Rican athlete went to the Olympics for the first time in her life to defend the colors of her team. In Brazil, an incredible success awaited the young tennis player. Monica, who was not even in the top ten of the world ranking, won the tournament, bringing gold medals to her team.