Emma Raducanu practiced at the Madrid Open as the Briton is hoping to do well at Caja Magica and put behind her a nightmare start to the clay season in Stuttgart.
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First photos of Emma practicing in Madrid!
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Raducanu, 20, is set to make her second Madrid appearance.
Last year, Raducanu made her debut on the clay courts of Madrid. In her first Madrid appearance, Raducanu made the round-of-16 before losing to Anhelina Kalinina. This year, Raducanu will be starting her Madrid campaign against a qualifier.
In the second round, Raducanu is projected to meet world No 1 Iga Swiatek.
Raducanu hopes to do well in Madrid and put Stuttgart behind her
Raducanu’s start to the clay season in Stuttgart definitely didn’t go the way the Briton was hoping.
In the Stuttgart first round, Jelena Ostapenko needed just 59 minutes to destroy Raducanu 6-2 6-1. The match was pretty one-sided from the beginning until the end. “I knew against her the main thing was to…