After a stable run of kind for Emma Raducanu on the clay, when will 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 constructive outcomes since getting back from an eight-month damage lay off final 12 months, 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 residence favourites France on clay, and carried on that kind into the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at Stuttgart.
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 greatest efficiency this 12 months. 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 event after a disappointing first-round straight-sets defeat by world No 82 Maria Lourdes Carle.
Raducanu missed the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome and signed as much as play a WTA 500 occasion on clay in Strasbourg.
Nonetheless, she withdrew from the event, which is scheduled one week earlier than the beginning of the French Open on Might 26, with Raducanu not assured computerized entry into the primary draw, regardless of utilizing her protected rating of 103, with the Brit now fourth on the alternates listing.
The opposite different is to enter and play qualifying, which begins on Might 20.
“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 mentioned 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 would not need 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.”
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 stating the danger in ready so lengthy earlier than taking part in 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 mentioned.
“She has said and proven she gets confidence from the hours she puts in on the practice court.
“We discuss rather a lot 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?”
Not all plain crusing for Raducanu
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 because 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 event because of a decrease again damage.
She was hampered by a abdomen bug throughout her loss on the first main of the 12 months, 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?
Within the run-up to the second Grand Slam of 2024 – the French Open at Roland Garros from Might 26 – you possibly can watch all the largest tennis stars in motion reside on Sky Sports activities as they compete throughout the clay-court season.
- Geneva Open (ATP 250) – Might 20-26
- Lyon Open (ATP 250) – Might 20-26
- Internationaux de Strasbourg (WTA 500) – Might 20-26
- Morocco Open (WTA 250) – Might 20-26
- We may subsequent see Raducanu in motion 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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