Britain's Emma Raducanu to play in Slovenia after receiving Portoroz wildcard in first outing since US Open

Emma Raducanu will return to action at the WTA 250 event in Portoroz next week after receiving a wild card for the tournament in Slovenia. Raducanu joins fellow former Grand Slam winners Elena Rybakina and Barbora Krejcikova in the draw. Ad The 19-year-old saw the defence of her US Open crown ended in a straight-sets first round defeat to Alize Cornet in New York last week.

TennisRaducanu and Murray could team up for Great Britain in new mixed tournamentA DAY AGO That meant that Raducanu is set to drop out of the top 70 of the world's rankings after failing to defend any of the points she won with a sensational maiden Grand Slam triumph in New York as a qualifier last year. The 19-year-old Brit nonetheless insists that she is keen to work her way «back up» the rankings and believes that she now has a «clean slate» after a whirlwind year. «Obviously it would have been great to defend the title,» said Raducanu following her US Open exit.

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I think any player would be happy to win a tournament. »It's a clean slate. I'm going to drop down the rankings.

Climb my way back up." Like Raducanu, Rybakina was beaten in the first round at Flushing Meadows as she returned to action at a major for the first time since winning Wimbledon earlier this summer. Krejcikova, meanwhile, reached the second round, before exiting with a defeat to Aleksandra Krunic. The Czech player — alongside compatriot Katerina Siniakova — is still alive in the women's doubles