It has been over two years since Emma Raducanu broke onto the tennis scene, reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon much to the delight of home fans. The youngster’s run to the US Open title that year catapulted her to worldwide stardom, and her journey has been well documented since.

Amid the frenzied media coverage, however, fans tend to forget that there are aspects of Raducanu’s young career that have hardly been talked about. Taking note of the same, Raducanu’s agent, Max Eisenbud, said her family’s handling of the youngster’s sudden stardom is not talked about enough.

On the latest episode of The Tennis Podcast, Eisenbud said people often forget that Raducanu was still attending school when she made the second week at Wimbledon.

“I don’t think Emma Raducanu’s family got enough credit for how they handled her. The lead up to Wimbledon and US Open wins. Here’s a girl who never went to a tennis academy who stayed in school, regular school, her whole career all the way,” Max Eisenbud said.

Elaborating, he said that Raducanu had barely played any tennis in the lead-up to the Championships, crediting her parents for being brave in sacrificing her tennis development to ensure that she got an education.

“I think we all know the story. She barely played leading up to Wimbledon because she was studying,” Max Eisenbud continued.

“I mean, these are like amazing things that I don’t think much of the British media talked about. And I think that’s a shame because I think that was very brave of her parents and her to again, sacrifice her tennis development for education,” he added

Emma Raducanu’s agent Max Eisenbud has praised the 20-year-old and her family for making a unique decision before she went on to win the US Open.

Emma Raducanu’s agent has praised the Brit for staying in school to complete her education before turning to tennis. Max Eisenbud said the 20-year-old and her family didn’t get enough credit for the decision, which he branded a “missed story”

Raducanu has been sidelined in recent months after undergoing three surgeries in May and will also miss the upcoming US Open, where two years ago she became the first qualifier to win a Major title. It was part of her magical 2021 season, which started with a breakthrough at Wimbledon.

Ranked at No 338 in the world and aged just 18, she made her Grand Slam debut at SW19 just a few weeks after completing her A-Level exams and stormed into the second week. And Raducanu followed that up by lifting the trophy in Flushing Meadows later that summer.

But her agent believes that the beginnings of Raducanu’s story – her decision to stay in formal education until her A-Levels were done – has been missed out among the ongoing coverage of her rise. Speaking to The Tennis Podcast, IMG super-agent Eisenbud said: “One thing I’d like to add about Emma that I think doesn’t get enough.

“I think after she won, I don’t think her family got enough credit for how they handled her [in] the lead-up to Wimbledon and the US Open wins. Here’s a girl who never went to a tennis academy, who stayed in school – regular school – her whole career all the way until the end.”

Eisenbud – who also managed the careers of Maria Sharapova and Li Na – explained just how rare the commitment to education was in professional tennis. “I can’t remember the last Grand Slam champion who didn’t leave school before the age of 14, who was willing to sacrifice her tennis development to make sure she got her education,” he continued.

“I think we all know the story, she barely played leading up to Wimbledon because she was studying for her [A-Levels]. I mean these are like amazing things that I don’t think much of the British media talked about and I think that’s a shame because I think that was very brave of her parents and her to again sacrifice her tennis development for her education.”

Weeks before her Wimbledon debut, Raducanu had completed her education at Newstead Wood – a selective grammar school. Later in the summer, she received her A-Level results, obtaining an A* in maths and an A in economics.

And Raducanu’s agent also thought it was unlikely that another big title winner would follow the same path. He added: “I don’t see that ever happening anywhere. I don’t think there will ever be another Grand Slam champion again that wins after going to regular school. So I think that story was a miss and I think overall though, the British press has done a pretty good job of following her and writing about her.”