PARIS — Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from French Open qualifying and can as an alternative concentrate on coaching for the grass and hard-court seasons.
The 21-year-old had been anticipated to attempt to struggle her method via three rounds of qualifying at Roland Garros, as she famously did on her solution to profitable the US Open in 2021.
However the British tennis participant as an alternative surprisingly pulled out of the clay-court event.
“It is vital for me to maintain laying on the foundations and I’ll use the time to do a wholesome block earlier than the grass and subsequent hard-court seasons to offer myself an opportunity to maintain match for the remainder of the yr,” she stated.
Raducanu entered the event utilizing her protected rating of 103, however she stays three spots exterior the principle draw and was handed over for a wild card.
She made a flying begin to the clay-court season, beating French duo Caroline Garcia and Diane Parry to steer Britain into the Billie Jean King Cup finals after which reaching the quarterfinals of the WTA occasion in Stuttgart, Germany.
Raducanu pushed Iga Swiatek in a last-eight loss however then put in a lackluster efficiency in opposition to Argentinian qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle within the opening spherical of the Madrid Open final month, citing exhaustion.
She has not performed a match since, pulling out of this week’s WTA occasion in Strasbourg as effectively.
