Bianca Andreescu on facing Emma Raducanu for the first time: ‘It looks like I got my wish’
There are several similarities between Bianca Andreescu and Emma Raducanu, but the former describes it as “just really weird coincidences”.
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There are several similarities between Bianca Andreescu and Emma Raducanu, but the former describes it as “just really weird coincidences”.
Emma Raducanu has little experience on clay at the elite level but the 19-year-old says she is heading in the right direction on the surface ahead of the French Open starting later this month. Raducanu has had mixed results following her maiden Grand Slam title at last year's US Open but has had an encouraging run in the claycourt season where she reached the Stuttgart quarter-finals and Madrid last-16. She has been figuring out how to adapt to the surface without the help of a full-time coach after splitting with Torben Beltz last month, and the Briton has taken a liking to the independence of coaching herself.
US Open champion Emma Raducanu has little experience on clay at the elite level but the 19-year-old says she is heading in the right direction on the surface ahead of the French Open starting later this month.
Emma Raducanu and Bianca Andreescu have given their verdict on the similarities they share ahead of their first meeting at the Italian Open. Both players were born in Canada, have Romanian heritage and won the US Open as teenagers on their tournament debut.
Emma Raducanu says she is still 'managing' a back issue ahead of the Italian Open as her body gets used to the 'intensity' of her first full season on the WTA Tour. Raducanu, 19, has struggled with several niggling injuries this year, including blisters on her racquet hand at the Australian Open and blisters on her feet during the Billie Jean King Cup. Ad/> The latest setback was a back issue which hampered her in defeat to Anhelina Kalinina in the last 16 of the Madrid Open.
The 2022 Italian Open is the latest event on the WTA calendar and a number of the world’s best players are set to compete.
Emma Raducanu could meet Naomi Osaka in a mouth-watering second-round contest at the Italian Open next week.
Jessica Pegula will feature in the biggest final of her tennis career on Saturday when she challenges Ons Jabeur for the Madrid Open title.