Emma Raducanu entered the imagination of tennis fans at the age of 18. It was not her age but the manner in which she became the US Open champion. The British ace worked her way through the qualifiers to earn her first grand slam.
Following up to her initial success has not been easy. Injuries have marred her rise through the WTA ranks. She finished the 2022 season with a defeat in the first round of the Ostrava Open. It was followed by a 2-1 defeat to Ons Jabeur in the World Tennis Championship exhibition match.
Emma Raducanu’s next tournament & match
| Emma Raducanu’s next match and odds | |
| Next Tournament | Miami Open |
| Next Opponent | Xiyu Wang |
| Next Match Date and Time | 19/03/24 |
| Emma Raducanu’s Odds | 3/5 (1.60) |
Raducany overcame her early exits in Abu Dhabi and Doha with strong performances at Indian Wells. Who knows where she would have ended had she not bumped into Australian Open winner, Aryna Sabalenka in the third round.
She now turns her attention to the second leg of the Sunshine Double. Raducanu does not have fond memories of her adventures at the Miami Open, getting knocked out at the first hurdle. She has a 0-2 record at the Hard Rock Stadium and will be gunning to give an improved account of her abilities on her comeback trail.
Emma Raducanu’s next match – Miami Open first round vs Xiyu Wang
In the first round at the 2024 Miami Open, Emma Raducanu will lock horns with Xiyu Wang. The 56-ranked Chinese star was the runner-up in Austin but could not carry that momentum to Indian Wells, where she was ousted in the first round by Clara Burel.
As Wang gets over her defeat, Raducanu would be pleased with her performance in the straight-set dismantling by Aryna Sabalenka. The British star gave a fighting account, stretching the game to 21 games before submitting to Sabalenka’s might.
Emma Raducanu’s 2023 WTA Campaign
The 2023 season started on the right foot. She overcame Linda Fruhvirtova in the first round of WTA Auckland. It was a hard battle in the three-set affair, one in which she overcame her rival eventually.
However, it was the begging of another injury-scarred event. She outclassed Viktoria Hruncakova 6-0 in the first set but her fitness problems started to impact the match in the second set. At 1-1, Raducanu had to retire, putting her Australian Open participation in question.
Eleven days later, the British ace was on the court again. She breezed past Tamara Korpatsch in the first round but succumbed to Coco Gauff’s brilliance on the next hurdle.
???miami O? pic.twitter.com/12ddSLrFXE
— Emma Raducanu (@EmmaRaducanu) March 19, 2023
Raducanu worked on her ankle injury and overcame tonsillitis after the Australian Open defeat. After a two-month hiatus, she was on the court in Indian Wells. It seemed her injury woes were behind him as she breezed past Danka Kovinic, Magda Linette and Beatriz Haddad Maia, all above her in the rankings.
Iga Swiatek stood in her path to the quarterfinals in California. The world number 1 stopped Raducanu en route to a semi-final defeat to eventual champion Elena Rybakina. It was her best performance on the tour and the first time since her Flushing Meadows triumph that she strung together three victories.
The women’s game is littered with exceptional talents and Raducanu’s fitness issues have held her back. They were on show again as Bianca Andreescu knocked her out of the Miami Open in the first round.
feeling??my kind of spring break. pic.twitter.com/K6ae7A86Vo
— Emma Raducanu (@EmmaRaducanu) March 22, 2023
In the aftermath of her ousting, it was revealed Raducanu had been suffering from a wrist injury. She had been advised to miss the Billie Jean King Cup clash with France in mid-April. Part of the reason to withdraw from the Billie Jean King Cup was to avoid switching from an indoor hard court in France to the clay court surface in Stuttgart.
The British number 1 is a brand ambassador for German luxury car manufacturer Porsche. It did not go as Raducanu had planned, bowing out of the competition at the first hurdle. Jalena Ostapenko defeated her in straight sets, leaving her to clean her drawing board and start afresh. She was supposed to take on the challenge of Viktoriya Tomova in the Madrid Open but withdrew house before the event.
Madrid Open organizers revealed that she was suffering from an injury in her right hand. It has now come to light that Raducanu will undergo surgeries on both her hands. She will be ruled out for two months at least. The British ace’s participation in Roland Garros is scratched and there are doubts whether she will recover in time for Wimdledon.
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