Emma Raducanu sends four-word message as she looks ahead after Singapore loss

Ewan West
Pictured: Emma Raducanu
Emma Raducanu during her match

Emma Raducanu has sent a positive message following her opening round exit in Singapore as she prepares for a swift return to action.

The 22-year-old was beaten 7-5, 5-7, 5-7 by world No 101 Cristina Bucsa at the WTA 250 tournament in Singapore.

There were encouraging signs for Raducanu in a physical contest that lasted three hours and three minutes, although her struggle to win points behind her second serve (24%) proved costly.

The world No 56 has since made the move to accept a wildcard into the qualifying draw at the Abu Dhabi Open, which will get underway on Saturday.

In a post on her Instagram account, Raducanu shared photos from her trip to Singapore with a four-word caption that conveyed her motivation.

“Keeping on keeping on,” the 2021 US Open champion wrote.

Raducanu’s appearance in Singapore was her first match since Nick Cavaday stepped down from his role as her coach after the Brit’s run to the third round of the Australian Open.

The pair worked together when Raducanu was a child and renewed their collaboration last season, with the 22-year-old returning to the top 100 of the WTA Rankings after starting 2023 outside the top 300.

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“I have the positives [from] this week, coming here on my own with [fitness coach] Yutaka [Nakamura] and my mom, but I’m really proud of how I dealt and handled myself this week,” Raducanu said after losing to Bucsa.

“I feel okay. I feel like I have certain things we all manage as the year goes on. I think it’s pretty early in the season.

“For me to be playing this kind of match, all I need is time on court and a match-competitive situation, which I got today. I got it in abundance — over three hours of it — so, for me, it’s really valuable because every match I play, I feel like it’s a win.

“And I fought really hard. I gave everything. So I just got to keep building and moving on.

“I think I’m in a pretty good place with everything and I think I actually played better than I did in Melbourne, so that is ironic.

“I think it was really small margins in it. I honestly thought I played pretty well today.

“She just played unbelievable and, credit to her, she kept it up the whole match.”

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