‘Down to earth' Brit tennis ace Emma Raducanu takes train home from Eastbourne loss after star's Porsche ‘taken back'

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EMMA Raducanu swaps her Porsche for a train back from her Eastbourne loss.
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Tennis ace Emma Raducanu was spotted catching a train back to London following her recent loss in Eastbourne
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The star had a practice session ahead of her Wimbledon match today
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Emma with the Porsche she was given after her 2021 US Open win
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She had a practice session ahead of her Wimbledon match today.
The Porsche she was given after her 2021 US Open win
Emma was spotted buying a coffee with coach Mark Petchey and mum Renee Zhai on the platform.
A source said: 'This shows Emma's success has not got to her head, and she is still very much focused and down to Earth.
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'The train was the quickest way back to London, so she took it instead of asking for a car, which some other players would have done.'
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Raducanu said she sees a lot of her younger self in her fellow Brit, but is confident of ending her Wimbledon debut at the first hurdle.
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The British No1 missed the Spaniard's victory over Jiri Lehecka as she had headed to Eastbourne to play in her final event before Wimbledon.
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Speaking before her round one match against Ann Li, Raducanu lifted the lid on her partnership with Alcaraz.
After the world No2 joked that Raducanu "took a while" to give him a response, she said: "I mean, of course, I had to ask my team if they wanted me to play.
"But for me, when he asked me, I was going to say yes, I just had to kind of go through the formality of asking my coach, so I didn't just make the decision."
When it was put to Raducanu that fans have frequently joked that she and Alcaraz are "destined for each other", the British star laughed and replied: "I'm glad the internet is having fun and we're providing entertainment for everyone."
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On how they became friends, Raducanu added: "I've known him for years and actually in Wimbledon 2021 it was like kind of the first time I started getting to know him, and I had a good run there and then also again in the US Open in 2021.
"And I remember he was always playing the day before me and I was playing like the second day of the round.
"And I would see him win and then I would have motivation to win and get myself into that position too.
"And I remember he beat Stef [Tsitsipas] in the third round and it was like a big win, his breakout kind of win on a big stage and it was really cool to kind of, I guess, go through that tournament together and then I kept going through the US Open, but we were staying in touch for the whole time and yeah, it's nice."
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