Raducanu rose to fame when she won in Flushing Queens back in 2021 as a qualifier. But since then, the British Number 1 has slid off the rankings and has been bothered by injuries and niggles here and there.
She is also now set to slip off the World Top 100.
On Tuesday, Bouchard was asked what she thinks about Raducanu’s imminent slip from the Top 100, she said: “I see lots of similarities.”
“As soon as someone has success, people can get jealous and just want what you have,” Bouchard added.
“It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there. You’ve got to be ready for people to claw at you a little bit.”
Back in 2014, a young Bouchard made it to the semifinals of both the Australian Open and the French Open and then she was the runner-up of Wimbledon. At the end of the year, she was World Number 5.
Then in 2015, she had a setback when she slipped in the changing room floor of the US Open. Since then, she has all but slipped from any conversations regarding big titles.
She is now World No.285 but is slowly climbing back up and maybe back in the World Top 250 for the first time in nearly three years.
“I could just chill, I guess, for the rest of my life,” said Bouchard.
“I could sit on my couch and watch Netflix. And that sounds appealing, for sure. But after two days, I would go crazy. I want to be top 100 as soon as possible because then you start really feeling like a player on tour.”
She spoke about Raducanu further, saying:
“There’s nothing to feel bad about with her.”
“She’s set for life, and she’s had great achievements. But I can understand a little bit of the pressure; the scrutiny.”
“Even she has talked about how, when she posts not doing tennis one day, people are like, ‘Why don’t you go practice?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, I went through that six, eight years ago’.”
“It’s so funny, like, haters will hate, you know what I mean? And I think she will do just fine. It’s kind of like me. I did well right away, and then I had to do the steps I missed, and she probably has to go through that a little bit.”
“After my really good year, I had a tough 2015,” Bouchard recalled. “But again, looking back, I was still top 50 in the world. And you know, I felt like I was getting a little bit of unjust hate – so to speak – because it’s still amazing to be 50 in the world. And you can’t win all the time unless you’re Novak [Djokovic] or Rafa [Nadal].”
“I’ve known all along who I am and what I do,” she added.
“I can work six hours a day and then go to the movies and post about the movies – and people are like, ‘Oh, my God, she doesn’t practice’. And I’m like, ‘Social media is what people choose to show the world. You don’t know what goes on behind the scenes’.”
“And look, lots of tennis players are posting more than me these days. I feel like I was almost like a pioneer in this social-media world. We’re allowed to pursue other projects. Why not? As long as you don’t get too distracted with it, and stay focused on the No. 1 goal, life is great. Don’t put us in a box.”