“New Year’s resolution? I don’t have one.” So said Emma Raducanu, as she held an end-of-season briefing before Friday’s flight to New Zealand. “Everything I do has to link to a deeper reason, not just be spontaneous.”

And yet, this thoughtful conversation revealed two areas in which Raducanu’s priorities have changed. The first – the hiring of experienced fitness trainer Yutaka Nakamura  – we already know about. But the second – cutting down on off-court distractions – could be seen as a belated acknowledgement that her critics had a point.