Emma Raducanu handed Miami Open wild card as she prepares for tennis return following tonsillitis

Emma Raducanu has been handed a wild card for the Miami Open later this month. Raducanu has not played since losing to Coco Gauff in the second round of the Australian Open, as she contracted tonsillitis which forced her to miss this week’s ATX Open in Texas. Ad However, she will return to action next week at Indian Wells, which begins on March 6, before travelling to Miami for the second Masters event of the season on March 20.

TennisRaducanu withdraws from Austin Open due to tonsillitis26/02/2023 AT 10:50 The 20-year-old is currently ranked 80 in the world, having played just two tournaments this year. «Hey guys, it's Emma here,» she said in a video message. «I'm really looking forward to coming to Miami for the Miami 2023 Open and I look forward to seeing you there.» Raducanu is currently working with her fifth different coach Sebastien Sachs, who guided Belinda Bencic to Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and has previously worked with former world No.

1 Victoria Azarenka and Germany's Julia Gorges. The British No. 1’s former coach, Dmitry Tursunov is confident Raducanu will “figure it out”.

“Sooner or later, she's just going to sort it out,” Tursunov told the Craig Shapiro Podcast. She's too smart of a person not to sort it out you know. She loves tennis too much not to figure it out.

«It's just a question of how long it's going to take her and how difficult the road is going to be. But, I think she's the person who is willing to go a bumpy road. Djokovic confirms plans to target Paris Olympics and elusive gold medal ‘I’m just human’ – Swiatek defends herself from fans’ high expectations “She needs to develop her game to more all around.