Emma Raducanu has hit back at rumours that Porsche ‘took away’ her £125,000 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet in a cryptic social media post.
The Daily Mail recently claimed that the British tennis star’s big-money endorsement deal with Porsche may be ‘heading for the scrapyard’.
Porsche is known to swiftly withdraw vehicles from celebrity ambassadors if they are not getting ‘value for money’.
The 2021 US Open champion, though, who has her 22nd birthday on Sunday, has appeared to address those false reports on her Instagram account.
Raducanu posted a picture of herself sat inside a Porsche next to a second image which read: ‘Like I vanished and reappeared.’
Despite rumours that Raducanu’s endorsement deal with Porsche was in danger, the company has always insisted that the Briton very much remains in her role.
‘Emma Raducanu is a global brand ambassador for Porsche and there have not been any changes within our successful partnership since it started in 2022,’ a Porsche spokesperson said. ‘We are very happy with our partnership.’
Emma Raducanu’s Porsche was ‘taken away’
‘Emma no longer has a Porsche,’ one of Raducanu’s associates told the Daily Mail last week.
‘They took it back. It used to have pride of place at her home.’
Raducanu is currently ruled out after spraining ligaments in her left foot, which forced the 21-year-old to withdraw from the Wuhan Open and China Open.
The Ningbo Open and Guangzhou Open have now also been removed from her schedule and she is aiming to return at the Hong Kong Open on October 28.
Raducanu has enjoyed a resurgence this year after long-term injury problems across both 2022 and 2023.
Raducanu has climbed back up to world No.57 after her long period of inactivity and has reached quarter-finals in Stuttgart, Eastbourne, Washington and Seoul.
She also equalled her best Wimbledon run, defeated two players ranked inside the world top 10 and reached the semi-finals of the Nottingham Open in June.
Raducanu has suffered some smaller injury issues and niggles across 2024, which is understandable, given she only underwent triple surgery last year. She’s played a total of 13 WTA Tour events so far this season, having been set a target of 20 by former British No.1 Tim Henman.