Emma Raducanu has been backed to win more majors by her and Andy Murray’s former coach, Mark Petchey, who claimed that the 2021 US Open champion ‘is one of the best athletes on the tour’.

Raducanu spent eight months on the injury sidelines last year, after undergoing surgeries to both wrists and her left ankle, before returning at the Auckland Classic in January.

Since coming back to the WTA Tour, the 21-year-old has won three of her seven matches, with her most recent coming in the form of a defeat to Anhelina Kalinina in Doha.

Despite this, Petchey appears impressed with the player he coached for a brief period in 2020, “She is moving well. She’s probably one of the best athletes out there on the tour right now. She moves phenomenally well, I don’t think we talk about it enough. If the game is there, then the athleticism backs up.”

Raducanu has often been criticised for her frequent changing of coaches, with the Brit having a total of five coaches across two years.

She is now working with childhood coach Nick Cavaday, and Petchey revealed his hope for Raducanu to have more stability this year.

“I personally would like to see a little bit more consistency in her team,” said the former top 100 player. “But the one thing I will say about Emma is the 10 months that I spent with her, there was not a day, there was not a minute that she didn’t put in. Every single time she hit a tennis ball, and it was 100 percent commitment to it.”

Petchey continued his defence of Raducanu and backed the former world No.10 to add to her Grand Slam tally, “I think there are people out there that have a very wrong perception of what she is like as a person and as a competitor out there. She is going to give everything to this sport. And ultimately I believe she will be a multiple Grand Slam champion.”

Raducanu revealed that she would be heading home to practice after her early exit in Doha, and it is currently unclear as to what her next tournament will be.

Inside the baseline…

Emma Raducanu receives a lot of flack, a lot of which is unnecessary, so it is nice to hear someone who has firsthand experience describe her in such a positive light. Although Raducanu has a win percentage of less than 50% so far in 2024, there have been a lot of positive signs, even in the defeats. Hopefully Raducanu decides to enter some lower calibre tournaments to allow herself the opportunity to get more match practice in and help build the ranking back up.

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Andy Murray has lost seven of his last eight matches, but the former No.1 still appears to have belief and revealed that he is ‘not going to stop’.

Murray has been on the wrong side of the result in his last four matches, with the most recent coming in the first round in Marseille to Tomas Machac.

And the 36-year-old has admitted that it is nothing like he has ever experienced before, “Tennis-wise it hasn’t been a great start to the year. I’ve never experienced a period like this as a professional. It’s been difficult, a new experience for me (which) is not the nicest, but good to experience new things and try and learn from them.

“When I do get myself out of it and start to feel better, hopefully I’ll be stronger for it, but it’s been hard. I’ve not been playing well and winning as many matches as I would like, so I’m hoping I can turn it around here.”

The three-time major winner was asked about whether he thought his recent drop in form was due to a physical or mental barrier, “It’s probably a combination of the two. Physically I’m not expecting to feel how I did when I was 20, so it’s hard when you get to your mid to late 30s to stay at the level required to beat the best players. Certainly, tennis-wise I know I can play a lot better than I have been.”

Murray also revealed that he has been practicing well, which is not something that the Brit has been used to, “I’ve never really experienced playing really well in practice and not being able to translate it to a match court before, it was always the opposite for me.

“I was never a great practice player, I didn’t use to win practice matches, exhibition matches, it’s been the complete opposite for me recently. I know there’s better tennis in me than I’m showing just now, but I’m hoping I can turn it around.”

Tarnishing my legacy? Do me a favour. I’m in a terrible moment right now I’ll give you that. Most people would quit and give up in my situation right now. But I’m not most people and my mind works differently. I won’t quit. I will keep fighting and working to produce the… https://t.co/nF0var6IfL

— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) January 30, 2024

Despite the recent drop in form, the world No.50 has hit back at critics who have suggested he should consider retiring, “When I was in my early 20’s, I would have mainly young fans that would come up to you and ask for autographs, now I get more older people, whose bodies are falling apart.

“They are kind of like ‘it’s great that you keep going it’s inspired me to get out and keep training’, so the demographic has changed a little bit.”

He added, “But it’s nice, I can do whatever I want. I don’t have to do what fans, journalists or anyone is telling me to do. Qualifying for all these tournaments on my right, on my ranking and all the matches that I’ve won, I want to keep playing just now, so I’m not going to stop.”

"I'm not going to stop!" ????

Andy Murray says he has more good Tennis inside of him ???? pic.twitter.com/sN5PJekMtW

— Sky Sports Tennis (@SkySportsTennis) February 17, 2024

Murray will look to return to form at the Qatar Open in Doha next week, where he is defending runner-up points from last year, with the former two-time champion beginning his campaign against a qualifier.

Inside the baseline…

Andy Murray has never been one to hold back on his opinions, which has been clear in recent weeks with his defiance against those trying to end his career for him. Hopefully Murray can have a deep run in Doha to stop the run of defeats, which has been helped by a promising draw against a qualifier, but that is no guarantee.

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Emma Raducanu has exited the first WTA 1000 event of the season in the first round, and the Brit gave a very honest reflection after her defeat in Doha.

Raducanu lost the first set against Anhelina Kalinina, 6-0, in just 22 minutes and was broken in the first game of the second.

However, the 2021 US Open champion fought back and saved two match points to force a tie-break where she would have a set point of her own.

But, the 21-year-old’s Ukrainian opponent managed to withstand the pressure coming from her racket and held out to win in straight sets.

Raducanu hit a total of 48 unforced errors in her second career defeat to Kalinina and reflected on her performance when speaking to Sky Sports, “I was struggling with everything – serve, return, forehand, backhand. I felt like I never really got into it.”

She continued, “It was a combination of things. It was the first day match I have played in a year. That is different. I need to practice training outside a bit more. The lights, conditions, shadows, it is really hard to see the ball, I found towards the end.

“When my tennis isn’t there I have to try and at least fight and I did that in the second set. I just struggled with the timing of the ball. It will come with more time practising as well as matches.”

There is another WTA 1000 event taking place in the Middle East next week in Dubai, but Raducanu confirmed that she would be skipping it and heading back to the United Kingdom to practice.

Raducanu has won three out of her seven matches since returning from surgeries to both wrists and her left ankle and spoke about how she needs to improve her schedule going forward.

“It is hard for me to get used to the tour schedule,” admitted Raducanu. “It is one tournament then another straight away. I need to schedule my tournaments a bit better and try to get more matches under my belt.”

???? "I felt like I never really got into it"

Emma Raducanu admits that she struggled with 'everything' following her 1st round exit from the Qatar Open pic.twitter.com/2mp2fr5Z7X

— Sky Sports Tennis (@SkySportsTennis) February 13, 2024

It is currently unclear as to when Raducanu will next compete on the WTA Tour, with the current world No.262 having the majority of her ranking points to defend at the upcoming Indian Wells tournament.

Inside the baseline…

It was a performance of two halves for Emma Raducanu, who looked really off the boil in the first set before showing real resilience in the second. The set point in the second set tie-break looked as though it could have gone either way, which could obviously had led to a very different outcome, so it is important that Raducanu isn’t too hard on herself. That being said, with Raducanu’s ranking being well below her capability, she is being handed very tricky draws at these big tournaments, so maybe it would be a good idea for her to play some WTA 250 events or maybe even Challengers to help build the ranking back up and provide more matchplay for the young Brit.

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Andy Murray has suffered yet another defeat, being beaten in the first round in Marseille to Czech player Tomas Machac. 

Murray was beaten, 5-7 4-6, on the indoor hard courts in southern France, in the former No.1’s sixth consecutive defeat that dates back to October.

The 36-year-old last won on the ATP Tour against Yannick Hanfmann in Basel, with nine defeats in his last 10 competitive matches.

However, Murray appears to believe that his successful training sessions will come to fruition in time, “The only way to find solutions to win matches. It can also be played out in training, working on your game and sensations. But what happens in training doesn’t always translate into a match.

“In 2016, when I finished world number 1, my coach told me that I had maybe won two or three training sets during the whole year… This year, I won almost all of them and I can’t win a single match! You have to perform in competition, that’s the only thing that counts.”

Murray has suggested that he may drop down to ATP Challenger level, something that he did last year and resulted in winning titles in Aix en Provence, Nottingham and Surbiton.

And he does not seem to be considering retirement just yet, “Maybe I will have to play in Challengers. The easiest thing for me would have been to leave my career. But I continue because I love the game, I love to train.”

The world No.49 continued, “At the moment, without a doubt, it is not easy to compete. But what is happening now does not affect my career. No number of defeats will change what I achieved when I was in shape and with two hips. But when you can’t win, you also lose confidence. I’ve never experienced that in my career.

“In Beijing and Bercy last year, I lost two matches against [Alex] de Minaur while serving for the match, with match points. This happened over the last three months. It only happens very rarely to lose in these conditions. But he is top 10 and I lost narrowly, like against [Stefanos] Tsitsipas or [Tommy] Paul. I can be competitive.”

Tarnishing my legacy? Do me a favour. I’m in a terrible moment right now I’ll give you that. Most people would quit and give up in my situation right now. But I’m not most people and my mind works differently. I won’t quit. I will keep fighting and working to produce the… https://t.co/nF0var6IfL

— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) January 30, 2024

Murray is next scheduled to compete in the Middle East at tournaments in Doha and Dubai, having to defend runner-up points at the former event.

Inside the baseline…

It is a tough period in Andy Murray’s career, but after all his fitness woes this is far from the lowest point in the former No.1’s tenure as a professional tennis player. The thing that Murray needs to and seems to be taking is that he is rarely brushed aside by any opponents, but just seems to be lacking that cutting edge at the moment. Dropping down to the Challenger scene will probably be the best idea following Indian Wells and Miami, especially as the clay court season will not be a likely place for him to begin picking up wins on the main tour.

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Emma Raducanu has heaped praise on her opponent later today, Ons Jabeur, thanking the two-time Wimbledon finalist for taking the Brit ‘under her wing’. 

Raducanu won her opening round match at the Abu Dhabi Open in impressive fashion on Monday, beating world No.36 Marie Bouzkova in straight sets.

This was the 21-year-old’s first top 50 win in almost a year, after spending eight months on the sidelines following surgeries to both wrists and her left ankle.

As a result, Raducanu is now set to play world No.6 Ons Jabeur, in a first-time meeting on the WTA Tour.

The 2021 US Open champion has never beaten a top 10 player before, but appears to be embracing the challenge, as well as waxing lyrical about Jabeur.

“She’s definitely the home favourite here, rightfully so,” said Raducanu. “I really like Ons, she’s someone who’s kind of taken me under her wing as I’ve been new to the tour.”

The No.296 continued, “I’m really looking forward to it because a lot of people were saying to me [during her first-round match], ‘Oh, Ons, Ons, Ons!’ And I was like, ‘I’m playing Marie who’s ranked like 30 in the world, so that’s not an easy match!’ But I’m really pleased to have put myself in this situation, and I’m going out with nothing to lose against her.”

Although it is a first-time meeting between the pair on the WTA Tour, Jabeur did beat Raducanu in a three set exhibition match in Abu Dhabi back in 2022.

They will take to Stadium Court at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open last today, as both players bid to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 tournament.

Jam-packed day in Abu Dhabi ????

[7] Kasatkina vs. Krueger
[6] Haddad Maia vs. Linette
[3] Sakkari vs. Cirstea
[2] Jabeur vs. Raducanu@MubadalaADOpen pic.twitter.com/aAUUuHprhH

— wta (@WTA) February 7, 2024

Inside the baseline…

It is certainly a very exciting prospect for Emma Raducanu to play Ons Jabeur later today, with it seeming that many believe the Brit has a genuine opportunity to obtain her first top 10 win. A lot of this is fuelled by Jabeur’s most recent match, where she was beaten by 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva and won only two games at the Australian Open. Hopefully the match will live up to its hype, with lots of winners and finesse on show.

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Emma Raducanu has admitted that she is ‘far from the finished product’, as the Brit reveals her main goals for the season. 

Raducanu spent eight months on the injury sidelines last year, having undergone surgery to both wrists and her left ankle.

The 21-year-old made her long awaited return at the WTA 250 event in Auckland last month, beating Elena Gabriela Ruse in the first round before losing a three set battle to eventual runner-up Elina Svitolina.

She then went onto make her Grand Slam comeback at the Australian Open, with a similar fate of winning her opening round and then going onto lose a tight three set second round match.

And Raducanu has spoken about how she is still trying to get back to match fitness, “I’m still finding my feet on the matchcourt, I’m not fully there but that will come with time.

“I’m just trying to improve my game because I’m not the finished product, far from it. I feel like now is the time to start because I’ve had some illness and injuries over the couple of years since [winning the US Open in 2021], so I’m looking forward to working on my game, improving my level and the results will take care of themselves.”

Even before undergoing surgery, Raducanu had struggled with a variety of different injury woes that prevented her from progressing as hoped for after the historic run to the US Open title.

The former No.10 has explained her frustration from the past two years, “I’ve never really had the chance to do proper training weeks back-to-back. For six or seven months, before I ended up having the surgeries, I was only practising one or two hours a day just to limit the load on the wrists.”

Raducanu continued, “In a way, it’s frustrating that the last couple of years haven’t been how I’ve wanted but I think we take a lesson from everything and now is the time to start that work, and I’m really enjoying it.”

The now ranked No.296 is continuing her comeback in Abu Dhabi later today and has revealed her goals for the season, “For me, success would be seeing my level improving in practice first and then in matches.

“I know that when my level will be there, putting it into a match will take some time to apply. But I know that seeing the level increase, that results will follow. Also, I would love to win a title of any grade.”

Emma Raducanu will play world No.36 Marie Bouzkova at the WTA 500 event in the Middle East this afternoon, in a first-time meeting between the pair.

Emma’s first #MubadalaAbuDhabiOpen match takes place tomorrow, Monday 5th ????

Are you coming down for round one?#Mubadala #AbuDhabiSC #InAbuDhabi #WTA pic.twitter.com/1b5jsuyq5V

— Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open (@MubadalaADOpen) February 4, 2024

Inside the baseline…

It has clearly been an extremely challenging time for Emma Raducanu since winning the 2021 US Open, both physically and mentally. Raducanu has been very open about the fact that she would be happy to drop down to the Challenger scene, which could be a good idea to get as much match practice in as possible. That being said, the former British No.1 has not looked too far off the pace in her comeback so far, but will need to be on form to compete with a tricky player in Marie Bouzkova.

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It is set to be a stacked week on the tennis tour, with a total of five events, featuring some of the biggest stars at the Abu Dhabi Open, Open 13 Provence and more!

And we, at Tennishead, have all the information on how you can watch the likes of Naomi Osaka, Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu:

How can you watch the Abu Dhabi Open (WTA 500)?

The stand out event from the week is in the Middle East, with nine of the top 20 ranked WTA players competing at the third Abu Dhabi Open.

Elena Rybakina is the top seed and could face a blockbuster second round match with former No.1 Naomi Osaka, who received a wildcard for the event.

Osaka is also set to compete in her first doubles match in six years, alongside three-time Grand Slam singles finalist Ons Jabeur.

Enter Main Draw Doubles wild card #OnSaka ????

For the first time ever @NaomiOsaka and @Ons_Jabeur are teaming up! They will compete in the doubles tournament at the #MubadalaAbuDhabiOpen.#Mubadala #InAbuDhabi #AbuDhabiSC #OnsJabeur #NaomiOsaka #WTA pic.twitter.com/lgkeWJuRxa

— Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open (@MubadalaADOpen) January 29, 2024

Raducanu is one of the other players to be awarded a wildcard, as she looks to continue her return after undergoing three surgeries.

You can watch the Abu Dhabi Open on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland or on Tennis Channel in the United States of America.

For more information on how to watch the stacked tournament in your location, visit the official WTA website here.

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How can you watch the Open 13 Provence (ATP 250)?

There are three ATP 250 events taking place this week, with the 32nd edition of the Open 13 Provence in Marseille one of those.

The top seed is defending champion Hubert Hurkacz, however he is not the only former winner in the draw.

Andy Murray was also victorious on the indoor hard courts in southern France back in 2008, and he will be hoping for some vintage tennis as he looks to return to form.

Other top seeds in Marseille include Grigor Dimitrov, Karen Khachanov and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

You can watch the Open 13 Provence on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland or on Tennis TV worldwide.

For more information on how to watch the historic tournament in your location, visit the official ATP website here.

How can you watch the Dallas Open (ATP 250)?

Last year saw an incredible Dallas Open final take place, with Yibing Wu becoming the first ever Chinese ATP singles champion in history after beating the now retired John Isner. Unfortunately, Wu has not played since the US Open and is unable to defend his title.

However, the draw still features some big names with four top 20 players in the form of Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton and Adrian Mannarino.

You can watch the latter stages of the Dallas Open on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland or on Tennis TV worldwide.

For more information on how to watch the event in your location, visit the official ATP website here.

How can you watch the Transylvania Open (WTA 250)?

The 2023 Transylvania Open took place less than four months ago, but after a calendar change is back already!

You said: hey, how nice it would be to have this tournament more often. And we took that seriously ????

TRANSYLVANIA OPEN IS BACK IN 2024. IN FEBRUARY!
Mark the dates, because it’s almost here!#TO2024 ????‍???? pic.twitter.com/Ank2doTfDJ

— Transylvania Open (@TransylvaniaOpn) November 29, 2023

Former world No.1 Karolina Pliskova features in the draw, but is actually unseeded after dropping to No.77 in the rankings.

Also returning to Romania are the 2022 and 2023 champions in Anna Blinkova and Tamara Korpatsch, respectively.

Anastasija Sevastova is a surprise name in the draw, using a protected ranking as she looks to climb back up the ranks.

You can watch the final of the Transylvania Open on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland or on Tennis Channel in the United States of America.

For more information on how to watch the Romanian tournament in your location, visit the official WTA website here.

How can you watch the Cordoba Open (ATP 250)?

The final main tour event of the week is in Cordoba, Argentina, kicking off the south American clay court swing. And It is a very homebased field, with 10 of the 24 direct entrants to the event Argentinian.

This includes three of the top four ranked players, with third seed Sebastian Baez looking to defend his title from last year.

In fact, four of the five former champions are included in the draw, with Cristian Garin, Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Albert Ramos Vinolas also featuring.

You can watch the latter stages of the Cordoba Open on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland or on Tennis TV worldwide.

For more information on how to watch some clay court action in your location, visit the official ATP website here.

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Andy Murray has been struggling for form in recent months, epitomised by his straight sets first round defeat at the Australian Open. But, can the three-time major winner have one final surge in the latter stages of his incredible career?

Murray has lost eight of his last nine matches, with the most recent coming earlier this week to Benoit Paire in Montpellier.

Following this defeat, some media outlets were questioning whether it was the beginning of the end of Murray’s 19-year professional career.

However, Murray defiantly responded and revealed that he ‘won’t quit’ without a fight, which is backed up by his busy schedule over the next couple of months.

Andy Murray Schedule

Murray needs wins to boost his confidence, which should be most probable at the ATP 250 tournaments with a favourable draw.

Here are the next five events that Murray is either confirmed or extremely likely to play:

Open 13 Provence: Marseille (ATP 250) – Begins 5th February

Qatar ExxonMobil Open: Doha (ATP 250) – Begins 19th February

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (ATP 500) – Begins 26th February

BNP Paribas Open: Indian Wells (ATP 1000)* – Begins 6th March

Miami Open (ATP 1000)* – Begins 19th March

*Entry list not yet released, but very likely that Murray will enter these tournaments.

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How many points does Andy Murray have to defend?

With Murray not gaining many ranking points in recent months, it has left his current position (No.49) at risk, especially as he has to defend runner-up points from Doha last year.

Here is the total amount of ranking points that Murray has to defend over the next couple of months:

Doha 2023 – Finalist (140 points)

Indian Wells 2023 – Third Round (45 points)

Miami Open 2023 – First Round (10 points)

Total Ranking Points Murray has to defend upto and including Miami – 195 points

Maximum Ranking Points Murray can gain upto and including Miami 2024 – 3000 points

Minimum Ranking Points Murray can gain upto and including Miami 2024 – 20 points

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Andy Murray has hit out at critics that have suggested he should retire, with the Brit winning only one of his last nine competitive matches.

Murray was defeated by Benoit Paire in Montpellier on Monday, 6-2 6(5)-7 3-7, to provide the Frenchman with his first main ATP Tour win since 2022.

This led to BBC Sport producing an article, questioning whether the former No.1 would be calling an end to his career in the near future.

However, Murray has defiantly responded on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), “Tarnishing my legacy? Do me a favour. I’m in a terrible moment right now, I’ll give you that.

“Most people would quit and give up in my situation right now. But I’m not most people and my mind works differently. I won’t quit. I will keep fighting and working to produce the performances I know I’m capable of.”

Tarnishing my legacy? Do me a favour. I’m in a terrible moment right now I’ll give you that. Most people would quit and give up in my situation right now. But I’m not most people and my mind works differently. I won’t quit. I will keep fighting and working to produce the… https://t.co/nF0var6IfL

— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) January 30, 2024

This was met by support from many including fellow Grand Slam champion, Andy Roddick, who described the article as ‘thirsty’, “Preach! Imagine telling an accomplished iconic adult your opinion on what they should choose for work and when they should do it …. This is such a dumb, thirsty article. Can’t take a legacy away. Accomplishment lives forever.”

Murray’s defiant attitude is translated to his upcoming schedule, with the world No.49 set to play in Marseille, Doha and Dubai next month.

The indoor hardcourts of Marseille are up first for Murray, with the tournament beginning next week on Monday 5th February.

Inside the baseline…

Andy Murray is admittedly in a very bad patch of form at the moment, but it is nobody’s right to retire him unless that is what he wants to do. It is not as if Murray cannot qualify for these events that he is playing, as he is still inside the world’s top 50, and even if the Brit was receiving lots of wildcards – so what! Murray has provided so much to the sport and with his never say die attitude could very well pick his form back up.

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Marta Kostyuk has moved into the first Grand Slam quarter-final of her career and has spoken about how Grand Slam draws can be very different, drawing comparisons to Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez’s respective runs to the US Open final in 2021.

The Ukrainian beat Russian qualifier Maria Timofeeva, 6-2 6-1, to achieve her best ever result at the Australian Open or any senior major tournament.

It was the first time that Kostyuk has won a match in straight sets at the tournament this year, having saved a match point against Elise Mertens in the second round.

And the 21-year-old claimed that she deserved the easier match, “The first three matches that I had were extremely difficult. Today, for example, I had it much easier. I was, like: ‘Oh, okay, well deserved, you know’.

“Then we see. I don’t know. I have three more to go. We will see. Maybe I will sit here in one week and be like, Oh, you know, it was not that bad. It was actually easy. We will see.”

Kostyuk then went onto talk about how different Grand Slam draws can be, suggesting that Raducanu had an easier draw to the 2021 US Open final than Fernandez, “It’s every day and every slam and every tournament is so unique and so different. Everything is different. Someone can have a very easy draw, and someone can have extremely difficult.”

The 2017 Australian Open junior champion continued, “I have an easiest example of when Leylah and Emma were playing the final, what draw Leylah had and what draw Emma had. Emma, no offence, but Leylah was really fighting for her life every single match.

“I think there are players who really win this Grand Slam and they’re like: ‘Wow, I don’t think I will ever recover from this physically and emotionally’. There are players who are, like: ‘Oh, it was fine, I might do it again’. I think it’s so unique. I wish I experienced this to give you a proper answer, but I’m working for it. We will see.”

We are taking her HOMEEE??? pic.twitter.com/L6P52UFpAm

— Emma Raducanu (@EmmaRaducanu) September 12, 2021

Kostyuk will now move onto the first Grand Slam quarter-final of her career, where she will play current US Open champion Coco Gauff on Tuesday.

Inside the baseline…

Marta Kostyuk showcased her potential from such a young age, so it is good to see her starting to fulfill some of that at this year’s Australian Open. In terms of her suggesting that Emma Raducanu had an easy draw to the US Open title compared to Leylah Fernandez, you do have to take into account that the Brit also had to play qualifying. It is undeniable that Fernandez had to beat more seeded players, but you can only beat those in front of you.

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Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez’s 2021 US Open draw

With Kostyuk making comparisons to the Raducanu and Fernandez’s draws to the US Open final, we have decided to list them for you:

Emma Raducanu

Qualifying Round One – Beat Bibiane Schoofs, 6-1 6-2

Qualifying Round Two – Beat Mariam Bolkvadze, 6-3 7-5

Qualifying Round Three – Beat Mayar Sherif (4th Qualifying seed), 6-1 6-4

First Round – Beat Stefanie Voegele (LL), 6-2 6-3

Second Round – Beat Zhang Shuai, 6-2 6-4

Third Round – Beat Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-0 6-1

Fourth Round – Beat Shelby Rogers, 6-2 6-1

Quarter-final – Beat Belinda Bencic (11), 6-3 6-4

Semi-final – Beat Maria Sakkari (17), 6-1 6-4

Final – Beat Leylah Fernandez, 6-4 6-3

Leylah Fernandez 

First Round – Beat Ana Konjuh, 7-6(3) 6-2

Second Round – Beat Kaia Kanepi, 7-5 7-5

Third Round – Beat Naomi Osaka (3), 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4

Fourth Round – Beat Angelique Kerber (16), 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2

Quarter-final – Beat Elina Svitolina (5), 6-3 3-6 7-6(5)

Semi-final – Beat Aryna Sabalenka (2), 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4

Final – Beaten by Emma Raducanu (Q), 4-6 3-6

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