Emma Raducanu excited for 'clean slate' after US Open as she faces Camila Giorgi in Toronto opener

Emma Raducanu is looking forward to starting with a “clean slate” in her career after the US Open is finished. Raducanu, 19, will be defending champion in New York after her shock victory as a qualifier a year ago. Ad The win propelled Raducanu up the rankings and turned her into one of the biggest stars on the WTA Tour.

WTA Washington'Died three times' — Raducanu wins marathon in the heat against Osorio to reach quarter-finals04/08/2022 AT 21:57 But she has not been able to build on her success this season, winning 11 of 24 singles matches and not making it past the second round of any of the three Grand Slams so far. Ahead of playing this week’s National Bank Open in Toronto, where she was born, Raducanu said: “To have success at a young age, obviously you have to be really grateful because I'm doing what I love, but also I've reached success way earlier than I ever really would have thought I did. So I'm pretty proud of myself in that way.

«But it has been a tough year. I've definitely gone through and experienced a lot of challenges. To be fair, I've learned a lot from all of it.

I think it's going to be nice once the US Open is finished and [I can] carry on from there. Start again. »I think it will be nice to take all of the lessons from the last year and just [have] a clean slate." Medvedev, Zverev, Nadal and the battle to be world No.

1 Kyrgios wins Citi Open singles and doubles titles Seeded ninth in Toronto, Raducanu will face defending champion Camila Giorgi in the first round on Tuesday. Raducanu reached the quarter-finals of the Citi Open in Washington DC last week before losing to Liudmila Samsonova. She is set to fall down the rankings if she suffers an early exit at the US Open as she will be defending