Emma Redukanu has been given a great opportunity, which has been given a great chance for a great start for a flying start after landing an attractive draw at the WTA 500 Mubadala City DC Open.
Redukenu Showed some encouraging looks on Grass Court in recent weeks, with a run in the quarter -final Push World No. 1 Aryana Sabalenka Wimbledon’s Center Court in a thrilling competition in all ways,
The 22 -year -old wasted very little time to return to court as he started practicing on the hard court, which he always enjoyed.
While his US Open win in 2021 is a fast -fourth memory, Redukanu should have gained confidence with his impressive performance against Sabalaanka and is ready against a player who is terrible in the North American Hard Court swing on a WTA tour.
Redukanu reached the quarter-finals in Washington last year and will see to improve the run this year, which began with a win against an out-of-touch Costuk.
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Ukrainian has lost its last five matches, including four straightforward first round necklaces, including a disappointing necklace against the qualifier Veronica Erjeweek in Wimbledon.
In May, with his most recent success against Britain coming to the Madrid Open on Clay, Costuq won 2–1 against Redukanu.
The match was a single competition and Redukanu would hope that the Clay Court would give him a chance to take some quick revenge.
If Redukanu defeated World No 27 Costux, it would face four -time Grand Slam Champion Naomi Osaka or Yulia Putinseva in the second round.
A conflict against Emma Navaro or her British compatriot Katie Baulter may lie in a challenging draw in the quarter -finals, but what comes next can be extremely important for Redukanu.
Last year, roll the clock back at this time and the Redukanu was showing reluctance to play in the qualifying round of the big WTA tour events, not enough to get direct entry into the elite tournament in his ranking.
This meant that her American hard court season included a run for the quarter -finals in Washington and until she played in the first round at the US Open and there was no other match.
As his ranking has now improved, she will get direct admission in the draw for the upcoming WTA 1000 tournament in Canada and Cincinnati before returning to the flushing meadows to play at the US Open.
This means that he will be challenging for 4,000 new points in the next few weeks and will only need to win a few matches to recover the British No.1 rankings and may also return to the top 20 of the WTA rankings by the end of the US Hard Court swing.
Such high ambitions may seem a bit ambitious for a player to reach the WTA tour final so far, but the expectations around Radukanu are always high and Olympic silver medalist Wang Zinue suggested that the young Britain Wang Zinue suggested that the young Britain WTA is tackling more pressure than the most players.
Chinese star Wang specifically spoke to tennis 365 at an Adidas event in London And he suggested that Redukanu faces unique challenges as he aims to repeat his famous US Open victory.
“I think it’s difficult for him,” Wang said. “Yes, he has won a Grand Slam, but there is a lot of pressure that is now on it to play every time.
“He won the US Open in one of his first tournament on the WTA tour, so it was never easy after that.
“I think he is still growing as a player and as a person. He is still young. I would say that the best thing is to keep himself away from pressure and social media. It really doesn’t matter what he says on social media.”
In 2025, Redukanu is a very different athlete, which was as a raw teenager and aims to prove it as much when she returns to the hard court.
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