Emma Raducanu, a British tennis star, is hoping for a successful 2025 season after suffering another set of injuries in 2024.
Raducanu lost to Iga Swiatek in straight sets at the Australian Open, where she advanced to the third round of the 2025 tournament.
In the first round of the Singapore Open, the British No. 2 lost to world No. 101 Cristina Bucsa of Spain after a grueling three-hour battle. A week later in Abu Dhabi, she lost again in the first round, this time to Marketa Vondrousova, the former Wimbledon champion, in straight sets.
Raducanu, 22, received a wildcard entry for the first WTA 1,000 event of the year, and her next match will take place at the Qatar Open, which takes place from February 9–15.
Raducanu is hoping to recover from her opening-round losses in Abu Dhabi and Singapore after making her Grand Slam comeback at the Australian Open.
Her invitation to the Qatar Open is the 22-year-old’s second consecutive year of receiving a wildcard to the competition.
With the Grand Slam dates for the French Open (May 25–June 8), Wimbledon (June 30-July 13), and the US Open (August 25–September 7) confirmed, the WTA schedule for the rest of the year has been finalized.
Raducanu is ranked No 56 in the world (as of February 3).
It’s interesting to note that she has previously faced criticism for frequently switching coaches, especially for choosing not to continue with Andrew Richardson after he helped her win the US Open in 2021.
However, this time, the breakup is not her fault and occurs at a frustrating moment after she seemed to have a strong support system after hiring fitness trainer Yutaka Nakamura.
When Raducanu returned from an eight-month injury layoff in 2023—her season ending early after a first-round loss in Stuttgart—she had generally positive results.
She helped Great Britain defeat home favorite France on clay to earn a spot in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, and she continued that success into the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix back in Stuttgart in April, only to lose to Iga Swiatek in the quarter-finals.
She was impressive on grass in 2024, reaching the semi-final in Nottingham – where she was beaten by fellow Brit Katie Boulter – and then the round of 16 at Wimbledon following standout wins over Elise Mertens and ninth seed Maria Sakkari, before being halted by qualifier Lulu Sun.
Raducanu won 20 of the 33 matches she played in 2024 and ended the season ranked 59 in the world.
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