Photo: Emma Raducanu posts important just four days after Wimbledon exit
Raducanu didn't want to rest too much after a successful grass season.
Emma Raducanu didn’t take too much rest after concluding her Wimbledon run as the 21-year-old has already started practicing on hard courts.
On Sunday, Raducanu finished her grass season after her promising Wimbledon run ended in the round-of-16 with a loss to qualifier Lulu Sun. For Raducanu, it was her 10th and final match of this year’s grass season – the Briton posted a 7-3 record on the green surface this summer.
Four days later, Raducanu hit the practice court with fellow Briton Francesca Jones. And by doing so, the 2021 US Open champion is kicking off her preparation for the North American hard swing early, which she is scheduled to start in Washington – that tournament is slated to start on July 31st.
Raducanu hopes to do extremely well in her second Washington appearance
When Washington kicks off later this month, Raducanu will be making her second appearance at the event but also hoping to translate her good form from grass to hard courts.
After earning her first two top-10 wins this summer and making her first WTA semifinal since 2022, the former world No. 10 wants to keep improving and make more notable results. “I beat two top-10 players within two weeks [Jessica Pegula in Eastbourne and Maria Sakkari in Wimbledon third round], which is a pretty big deal for me, seeing as the whole US Open even I didn’t play one top-10 player,” Raducanu said.
“I think I have to take confidence from that. Six months ago when I was starting out after surgery, I would have signed for fourth round at Wimbledon. “Of course I’m disappointed. Of course I want more. I think everything does happen for a reason. It just fuels the fire and makes me more hungry… I think I’m working there, tracking in the right direction. That desire and fire is back. I just want to keep building on that.” In 2022, Raducanu was a quarterfinalist in her Washington debut.
