Tennis-Early days yet but 'light and happy' Raducanu sees path back to the top

Tennis - WTA 500 - Stuttgart Open - Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany - April 18, 2023 Britain's Emma Raducanu reacts during her round of 32 match against Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/ File photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Emma Raducanu cautions that her comeback is in its early stages heading into the Australian Open but feels she has finally shed some of the mental baggage of her fairytale Grand Slam triumph at Flushing Meadows.

The 21-year-old stunned the tennis world when she won the 2021 U.S. Open as a teenaged qualifier but has struggled to live up to the expectations triggered by that astonishing feat.