Emma Raducanu seals huge rankings breakthrough after another Queen’s Club win
Emma Raducanu has secured a huge rankings breakthrough after her latest win at the Queen’s Club – and her promising start to the grass court season may be about to go to the next level.
The 2021 US Open champion is one of the star attractions at this week’s HSBC Championships in London, as the brand new WTA 500 tournament is being played out in front of big crowds at the Queen’s Club.
Raducanu has plenty of ranking points to defend over the next few weeks, as she reached the semi-finals at the Nottingham Open, the quarter-finals at Eastbourne and the last 16 at Wimbledon during the 2024 grass court season.
Yet she has entered a second WTA 500 tournament in Berlin next week and if she does well in Germany and at Queen’s, she could lead ahead of Katie Boulter and reclaim the British No 1 ranking.
Raducanu has moved above Boulter in the live WTA Rankings and she will now be confirmed as British No 1 once again after her run to the quarter-finals at Queen’s following a 6-4, 6-1 win against Rebecca Sramkova.
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She could then move towards the top 32 of the rankings if she backs up her wins at Queen’s Club with more success in Berlin next week.
Raducanu has also entered the WTA 250 event in Eastbourne the week before Wimbledon and she is relishing the challenge on grass courts.
“I am really pleased to get through that,” said Raducanu after the win against Sramkova.
I don’t think it was my cleanest performance but I am really pleased to push through in the tight moments. I really appreciate the support in that spell when she was coming back.
“I came out ready, expecting everything I am just happy I was able to get off to a good start and build a lead.”
Raducanu is stepping back into the spotlight in her English homeland after a challenging year that included an incident involving a fan displaying ‘fixated behaviour’ towards her in Dubai back in February.
She spoke to the BBC about the incident and how it has left a lasting impact on her.
“I’ve definitely noticed a difference in how people are watching my back when I’m on the site [at tournaments],” said Raducanu
“I’m obviously wary when I go out. I try not to be careless about it because you only realise how much of a problem it is when you’re in that situation and I don’t necessarily want to be in that situation again.
“But off the court right now, I feel good. I feel pretty settled. I feel like I have good people around me and anything that was kind of negative I’m just like trying to brush it off as much as I can.”
