What's next for Raducanu? I Norrie: Go and 'embrace' Wimbledon

Emma Raducanu will return home for the grass-court season with Birmingham first up on the agenda as she steps up her preparations for Wimbledon.

First of all it's rest time for the 19-year-old from Kent who saw her Parisian adventure come to an end at the hands of Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the world No 47 from Belarus, at Roland Garros.

She can take plenty of positives from the clay-court season, and a 6-5 win-loss record is not to be sniffed at given that she only played her first professional match on the surface last month.

Now Raducanu's attention will turn full circle, back to the grass, Wimbledon - where her meteoric rise began - and returning to play in England as the reigning US Open champion.

Nottingham may come too soon for Raducanu, but she will expect to be ready for the Rothesay Classic, Birmingham (13-19 June) where the British No 1 will be one of four major champions taking part.

Former world No 1 Simona Halep, Jelena Ostapenko and Sloane Stephens will join Raducanu - the highest-ranked player in a field - at the Edgbaston Priory Club.

"It's going to be really nice to go home and play on home turf, on the home grass," she said.

"It is going to be a little bit strange in the beginning, because I have played on clay court for so long now, I feel like it's been weeks.

"Like, going onto a grass court I'm probably going to be a bit shocked at first. But I'm really looking forward to playing in front of the fans at home, and just all the support.

"Last year I experienced a little taste of it, but I feel like this year might be a bit more. I'm just really looking forward to the atmosphere that's going to be around."

Depending on how far Raducanu goes in Birmingham, we could well see her in action again at the WTA