Raducanu has had little joy against Swiatek. The 2021 US Open champion has lost all four of their previous meetings – twice on indoor clay in Stuttgart, and twice on hard courts at Indian Wells and this year’s Australian Open. The 6-1 6-0 defeat in Melbourne was particularly chastening, with Swiatek’s groundstrokes proving too powerful...
Victory was yet another illustration of Raducanu’s improved resilience. Raducanu has previously been accused of not showing enough determination to get through matches where she is not feeling 100% physically. Before the tournament the former world number 10 also described how she had felt pressured by previous coaches into playing when she knew she was...
Bompastor, who won the Champions League as a player and manager with Lyon, describes herself as a “simple person” – she does not drink alcohol, does not celebrate much and she enjoys spending time with family. But she is a perfectionist who loves to win. After beating Crystal Palace 4-0 in the WSL, Bompastor criticised...
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Emma Raducanu demonstrated her growing confidence on a clay court with a commanding Italian Open second-round win over Swiss lucky loser Jil Teichmann. British number two Raducanu, who only knew she was facing Teichmann a few hours before the match, progressed with a clinical 6-2 6-2 win. After earning her first win on outdoor clay...
After taking a tight first set, Raducanu was serving for the match at 5-4 in the second when a resurgent Joint fought back and was able to take the former US Open champion to a tie-break, which the 19-year-old breezed through 7-1. Raducanu then had to regroup for the deciding set and raced into a...
The aim is to find someone who can act in a support role to Petchey, who has significant broadcast commitments throughout the year. “I just need to work on who that person is,” Raducanu added. Petchey will be able to devote more time to Raducanu during the grass-court season, and the work they have been...
Raducanu took a “physical and mental” break after reaching the Miami Open quarter-finals last month and the opening round in Madrid on Wednesday was her first competitive match since. It also marked a first win on the outdoor clay in almost three years. But on Friday, competing in just her 18th competitive clay-court match, the...
England: Sing; Dow, Jones, Heard, MacDonald; Harrison, Hunt; Botterman, Atkin-Davies, Muir, Talling, Ward, Aldcroft (capt), Feaunati, Matthews. Replacements: Cokayne, Clifford, Bern, Galligan, Burton, L Packer, Aitchison, Rowland. France: Bourgeois; Grisez, M Menager, Vernier, Arbwy; Arbez, Bourdon; Brosseau, Bigot, Khalfaoui, M Feleu (capt), Fall-Raclot, Escudero, Champon, T Feleu. Replacements: Riffonneau, Mwayembe, Bernadou, Zago, Berthoumieu, Maka, Chambon,...
During her Miami run, Raducanu spoke regularly about showing “resilience” to win matches and needed to demonstrate that quality again in her first clay-court match in a year. Lamens, ranked 73rd in the world, is a combative player who has improved sharply over the past year and is more than comfortable on the surface. Earlier...
Boulter starts her clay-court swing on Tuesday when she plays Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in the Madrid Open first round. The Briton’s experience on clay is still limited, having only played four top-level main-draw matches on the surface. After winning one and losing one of her BJK Cup singles matches last week on...
Emma Raducanu has paused the search for a new full-time coach, saying she is happy to “keep things informal” as her part-time partnership with Mark Petchey continues. Raducanu brought Petchey – a well-known figure in British tennis circles and a former coach of Andy Murray – into her coaching team on a casual basis at...
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The 2021 US Open champion plans to do a training block over the next two to three weeks and will not play any WTA tournaments. It is unclear when she plans to return to match action. Raducanu’s withdrawal means British captain Anne Keothavong is assessing her options, but likely to call another player into a...
“I thought that was it for me. That my world was ending. But you can quickly change your mindset and change the narrative of your story. I’m a big believer that scars tell you where you’ve been, not where you’re going. “It was definitely a blip in my career, but at the same time, I...