Emma Raducanu wins humorous WTA award – ‘Oops!… she did it again!’
Emma Raducanu has claimed an unwanted award at the Italian Open as she has come out top in a humorous contest on the WTA Tour.
The 2021 US Open champion has finished first in the “Sorry I’ve lost my credential 2025 edition” in Rome with her name pinned on the “honours board” with other “winners”.
Raducanu took top spot in the WTA contest with Mayar Sherif in second place while Matteo Arnaldi was No 1 in the ATP version with Tallon Griekspoor second and Daniil Medvedev third.
The British No 2 – who won her opening match at the Italian Open against qualifier Maya Joint – posted an Instagram Story about her big “honour”.
Standing in front of the board with one message stating: “Oops I did it again…. I lost my badge, got a new one… was asked to only use the new one… I used the old one! I had to request a new badge. To be continued… EMMA RADUCANU.”
There are also several inspiration messages like “Be The Best Version Of You”, “You’re Braver Than You Believe” “Smarter Than You Think”.
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Raducanu is on a high after coming through a three-set contest against Australian Joint on Wednesday to book her place in the second round of the WTA 1000 event.
She also secured a jump to No 45 in the WTA Rankings with the victory.
The Brit was due to face Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round but the 21st-seeded Russian withdrew ahead of the match and lucky loser Jil Teichmann was promoted into the main draw.
If the 22-year-old gets past Teichmann then she will face either 15th seed Amanda Anisimova or Veronika Kudermetova in the third round.
A deep run at the Italian Open could result in Raducanu being seeded for the French Open.
The former world No 10 is set to take part in the clay-court Grand Slam for only the second time in her career as she missed the last two editions. During her previous appearance in 2022, she beat Linda Noskova in the first round before Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Raducanu has also made the most of her time off in Rome as she has done some sightseeing in the Italian capital.
“I tried to come to site pretty late,” she told Sky Sports. “I actually managed to go to the Trevi Fountain but I didn’t make a wish though, the queue was too long and I didn’t have a coin!
““It was nice to kind of see the sights and then I had a nice lunch outside on a terrace somewhere on the street, it was pretty chill.”
