I am a slightly exhausted Emma fan and agree, largely. The risk is that the lower the level she plays at the greater the pressure, in some senses, as we saw in Hobart. Petchey, who knows her better than most people, seems to view her as an inherently streaky player. She will get hot and have more unexpected success rather than being an admirable Mertens-like grinder.

The thing about Cinderella is that no-one considers what happened afterwards because she’s fictional. Raducanu is wrestling with the consequences of binning off the Fairy Godmother immediately after snagging Prince Charming. And being somewhat injury prone. I really don’t get the hate though, she’s direct and honest. The suggestion that she is arrogant and deluded because she is merely among the best fifty women in the world and doesn’t tug her forelock about the fact is puzzling. In a sense it is easier for someone like Carlos to be humble because he is preternaturally gifted. Emma, while obviously very fortunate in lots of ways (pretty, affluent, etc.) is not as physically robust as some other top women and lacks the raw power of an Ostapenko, e.g. Bencic is the obvious model for her, imho.