Emma Raducanu may be just one win away from a hugely significant rankings breakthrough, as she looks to make her mark on grass courts once again.
The 2021 US Open champion is one of the star attractions at this week’s HSBC Championships in London, as the brand new WTA 500 tournament is being played out in front of big crowds at The Queen’s Club.
Raducanu has plenty of ranking points to defend over the next few weeks, as she reached the semi-finals at the Nottingham Open, the quarter-finals at Eastbourne and the last 16 at Wimbledon during the 2024 grass court season.
Yet she has entered a second WTA 500 tournament in Berlin next week and if she does well in Germany and at Queen’s, she could lead ahead of Katie Boulter and reclaim the British No 1 ranking.
Raducanu will move above Boulter in the live WTA Rankings if she wins her first round match at Queen’s against Spanish star Cristina Bucsa.
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She could then move towards the top 32 of the rankings if she goes on good run in her next two events, which would be enough to earn a seeding for Wimbledon.
Raducanu and Boulter’s battle for the British No 1 ranking is heating up, but they are not allowing that scuffle to affect their growing friendship and the duo team up impressively to win a first round double match at The Queen’s Club on Monday.
Now the duo are focusing on their singles matches and Raducanu will be hoping her body holds up after she suffered with back spasms that have hampered her ambitions in recent weeks.
“I have had a small interruption with a back spasm again so that was a bit annoying,” revealed Raducani.
“That kind of hindered my grass prep, but the last few days I have managed to get on the grass and just begin to feel my feet.
“I can’t really predict the future, and how it’s going to be. I know I’ve been managing my back for the last few weeks now.
“It can be frustrating. When I was playing in Strasbourg in my second‑round match it definitely hindered me, and in the first round in Paris when I got through. But I try not to let it get to me. I just have to manage it and take care of it when things happen.
“Overall, I just have to manage what I can take care of and if these things happen, I just need to deal with it and just keep doing the right things
“But I try not to let it get to me, because I think I have a pretty good feel of when it happens what to do and how to manage it. It does take a few days out, but all I can do is kind of deal with what’s in front of me.”
Raducanu is stepping back into the spotlight in her English homeland after a challenging year that included an incident involving a fan displaying ‘fixated behaviour’ towards her in Dubai back in February.
She spoke to the BBC about the incident and how it has left a lasting impact on her.
“I’ve definitely noticed a difference in how people are watching my back when I’m on the site [at tournaments],” said Raducanu
“I’m obviously wary when I go out. I try not to be careless about it because you only realise how much of a problem it is when you’re in that situation and I don’t necessarily want to be in that situation again.
“But off the court right now, I feel good. I feel pretty settled. I feel like I have good people around me and anything that was kind of negative I’m just like trying to brush it off as much as I can.”
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