Emma Raducanu has revealed that she plans to play a full schedule during the Asian swing as this news comes after a summer during which the Briton’s schedule was heavily questioned and criticized.
After regularly playing in the opening four months of the season, the former world No. 10 skipped the Rome Open and French Open and many believed it happened because she didn’t receive a wildcard and didn’t want to play qualifying. Also, the 21-year-old faced backlash after skipping the Paris Olympics to prioritize summer on hard courts – but only played in Washington and went three weeks without any matches before the US Open.
Following her first-round exit in New York that saw Raducanu break down in tears and telling reporters that she probably didn’t make the wisest scheduling decisions before the last Grand Slam of the year, the British tennis player made a return to action this week with a 7-6 (4) 7-6 (5) win over Peyton Stearns at the WTA 500 tournament in Seoul.
“I always knew there was a really long block in Asia at the end of the year and I didn’t want to overdo myself in the first half of the year. If you look at the tournaments I played it was relatively light. I skipped quite a few weeks over the clay knowing that I’m at the stage where I’m not trying to win every…
