After a stable run of kind for Emma Raducanu, when can we count on to see her in motion subsequent on the brand new Sky Sports activities Tennis channel?
The 2021 US Open champion has had broadly optimistic outcomes since getting back from an eight-month damage lay-off final yr, after closing down her 2023 season following a first-round exit in Stuttgart in April.
Raducanu helped steer Nice Britain to a spot within the Billie Jean King Cup finals as they beat dwelling favourites France on clay, and carried on that kind into the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at Stuttgart.
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Highlights of the Stuttgart Open quarter-final between Raducanu and world No 1 Iga Swiatek
She misplaced to world No 1 Iga Swiatek within the quarter-finals – a rematch from the identical stage two years in the past, and her finest efficiency this yr. She additionally beat former two-time Stuttgart champion and three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber within the opening spherical.
However her kind took a dip on the Madrid Open when the 21-year-old exited the match after a disappointing first-round straight-sets defeat by world No 82 Maria Lourdes Carle.
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Highlights of Raducanu’s first-round exit towards Argentina’s Maria Lourdes Carle on the Madrid Open
Raducanu pulls out of French Open qualifying
Having missed the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, Raducanu signed as much as play a WTA 500 occasion on clay in Strasbourg.
Nonetheless, she withdrew from the match, which is scheduled one week earlier than the beginning of the French Open on Might 26.
Raducanu shouldn’t be assured automated entry into the primary draw, regardless of utilizing her protected rating of 103, with the Brit third on the alternates checklist.
She may have entered and performed qualifying, which begins on Might 20, however after initially showing on the qualifying entry checklist, she has now been eliminated with no motive given for her withdrawal.
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Colin Fleming and Anne Keothavong debate whether or not Raducanu ought to play French Open qualifying after her disappointing opening spherical loss on the Madrid Open
“Emma and her team need to have an open conversation [about next plans]. It’s been a largely positive start to the season,” Colin Fleming stated on Sky Sports activities Tennis.
“How do you schedule the next few weeks to make sure you do better? Is it to miss the rest of the clay and be ready for the grass?
“She does not wish to play and put in additional performances like that [in Madrid], as a result of then it turns into a little bit of a behavior. She must wipe the slate clear and make higher selections.
“I’d love to see her go to Roland Garros and play, even if it’s qualifying. If she’s fit and healthy, of course she can qualify. Once you’re in the main draw, who knows what can happen.”
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Raducanu says she is not shocked by how nicely she’s enjoying, however says it is not her finest and might enhance
Sky Sports activities’ Anne Keothavong additionally spoke of the advantages of Raducanu taking a relaxation forward of gearing up for the grass-court season, whereas additionally mentioning the danger in ready so lengthy earlier than enjoying once more.
“It’s a number of weeks between now and the first grass-court event. That’s a long training block and she’s already had eight months off on the sidelines,” Keothavong stated.
“She has said and proven she gets confidence from the hours she puts in on the practice court.
“We speak quite a bit about head, coronary heart and legs, and in case your head and your coronary heart aren’t in it, your legs do not stand an opportunity.
“It was really disappointing to see. She said she was tired, but do you talk yourself into more tiredness?”
Grass season and Wimbledon
The Brit made the fourth spherical of Wimbledon on debut
Raducanu may heat up for Wimbledon by enjoying on the Lexus Surbiton Trophy from June 2-9 or wait till the Rothesay Open in Nottingham from June 10-16, with the Rothesay Traditional in Birmingham happening from June 17-23.
Her last probability of enjoying aggressive tennis is on the Rothesay Worldwide in Eastbourne from June 24-29 earlier than the beginning of The Championships on the All England Membership.
Raducanu made her breakthrough on the Grand Slam the place, barely two months out of faculty and with out a Tour win to her title, the 18-year-old made the fourth spherical on debut in 2021.
Not all plain crusing for Raducanu
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Raducanu offers a serving masterclass and provides suggestions and methods on several types of serves! credit score: LTA by way of X
Since her return to the WTA tour, Raducanu didn’t win any back-to-back matches till reaching the third spherical of Indian Wells.
She had been as a consequence of face China’s Wang Xiyu within the first spherical of the Miami Open after being awarded a wildcard for the occasion, however was compelled to withdraw from the match as a consequence of a decrease again damage.
She was hampered by a abdomen bug throughout her loss on the first main of the yr, the Australian Open, however her tennis was encouraging and she or he stepped up her comeback with victory over Marie Bouzkova in Abu Dhabi earlier than being denied a spot within the quarter-finals by Ons Jabeur.
What’s developing on Sky Sports activities Tennis?
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Discover out all of the methods to observe tennis on Sky Sports activities, together with the US Open, ATP and WTA excursions
Within the run-up to the second Grand Slam of 2024 – the French Open at Roland Garros from Might 26 – you may watch the entire largest tennis stars in motion reside on Sky Sports activities as they compete throughout the clay-court season.
- Geneva Open (ATP 250) – Might 20-25
- Lyon Open (ATP 250) – Might 20-25
- Internationaux de Strasbourg (WTA 500) – Might 20-25
- Morocco Open (WTA 250) – Might 20-25
- We may subsequent see Raducanu in motion on Sky on the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington from July 29-Aug 4 or the Nationwide Financial institution Open 1000 occasion in Toronto from August 6-12
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