Emma Raducanu will play two-time Grand Slam finalist and former world No 1 Karolina Pliskova within the first spherical of the Madrid Open on Wednesday as she appears to proceed her encouraging type on the clay.
Raducanu gained 4 matches in a row on the floor final week, with two victories whereas representing Nice Britain towards France on the Billie Jean King Cup adopted by triumphs over Angelique Kerber and Linda Noskova on the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
The Briton was knocked out within the quarter-finals in Stuttgart after a gutsy defeat to world No 1 Iga Swiatek.
The 2021 US Open champion will now return to the courtroom within the Spanish capital, dwell on Sky Sports activities, towards Pliskova, a participant who made the 2016 US Open last and 2021 Wimbledon last and who’s presently ranked forty sixth on the earth.
Ought to Raducanu win her opening match, she is going to face seventeenth seed Veronika Kudermetova in spherical two.
Boulter on collision course with defending champion Sabalenka?
Fellow Brit Katie Boulter has been given a first-round bye as she is the twenty sixth seed and can meet the winner of the match between American wild card Robin Montgomery and Russia’s Elina Avanesyan.
Katie Boulter will play second seed Aryna Sabalenka if each gamers make it to the third spherical in Madrid.
Boulter will play second seed Aryna Sabalenka if each gamers make it to the third spherical in Madrid.
Sabalenka has gained the Madrid Open in two of the final three years, defeating Swiatek within the 2023 last and the now-retired Ashleigh Barty in 2021.
Nevertheless, the Belarusian has not handed the quarter-finals in any occasion since profitable the Australian Open in January.
Highlights from the ultimate of the Stuttgart Open as Elena Rybakina defeated Marta Kostyuk.
Elena Rybakina gained the title in Stuttgart final week, beating Swiatek within the semi-finals after which Marta Kostyuk within the last, as she claimed her third title of the 12 months after wins in Brisbane in January and Abu Dhabi in February.
Rybakina will meet both Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti or a qualifier within the second spherical.
Nadal might face De Minaur once more
Within the males’s draw, Rafael Nadal was drawn towards American wild card Darwin Blanch and will he win that match, he’ll face Alex de Minaur for the second event working.
Nadal misplaced to De Minaur in straight units as he made his tennis comeback on the Barcelona Open final week.
British No 1 Cameron Norrie will get a bye to the second spherical as he is seeded twenty ninth, whereas Dan Evans and Jack Draper will face qualifiers.
Carlos Alcaraz is again after a month away from tennis and is seeded second, whereas Jannik Sinner is the highest seed.
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