The 21-year-old Raducanu emphasized her unique approach, saying, "I always do things a little bit differently," in an interview with BBC Sport. Despite reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon, she opted to skip the Olympics and has played only one tournament in the past six weeks. She explained her choices, noting, "I really wanted to play in Toronto, especially since I was born there, but the turnaround was too tight for qualifying."
London: World No.1 Iga Swiatek, on a superb winning streak, will start as a favourite for the women’s singles title at Wimbledon 2022, which gets underway on Monday without defending champion Ashleigh Barty. But Swiatek has done a remarkable job stepping into Barty’s shoes after the former number one’s sudden retirement in April. The 21-year-old […]
Rome: At 37, John Isner is just happy to be back on tour in Europe with his wife and three kids. No longer dreaming of a Grand Slam title, he’s trying to make the back end of his tennis career not seem “like such a job” and make it “fun.” Yet there’s serious business coming […]
Madrid: Emma Raducanu registered a second-round win over longtime junior rival Marta Kostyuk to reach Round 3 at the Madrid Open, while Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated Naomi Osaka for the second time in their four meetings on Sunday. Reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu is still rolling at the Madrid Open. The No.9 seed moved […]
London: India’s Olympic gold medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was on Wednesday nominated for the prestigious Laureus ‘World Breakthrough of the Year’ award, making him the first Indian to be featured in the short-list for this category. He was clubbed alongside tennis stars Daniil Medvedev and Emma Raducanu among others. The 23-year-old Chopra last year […]
Coming into the second-round duel, Raducanu was riding a 10-match winning streak from her historic title run at the US Open, where she reeled off 20 consecutive sets through qualifying.
New York: Emma Raducanu defeated Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in the US Open women’s singles final on Saturday (local time) to become the first British woman to win the title in 53 years. She is also the first British woman in 44 years to win a Grand Slam singles title. The 18-year-old Emma Raducanu defeated her […]
The 18-year-old British teenager had a perfect three weeks in New York. She made it through three rounds of qualifying without the loss of a set, was equally composed in her main-draw debut, where she also did not drop a set in seven matches.
Just two months after her breakthrough run to the round of 16 in her Grand Slam main-draw debut at Wimbledon, the World No.150 Emma is now into the final four of a major in just her second appearance.
