Emma Raducanu is about to start her first Australian Open, where she will face Sloane Stephens in the first round of the main draw.
The British sensation is not expected to have a deep run during the first major of the year despite being the recent US Open champion. Emma still needs to acquire more experience playing at the top level. On Tuesday, she was literally brushed aside by Elena Rybakina in her first match all of the year in Sydney when she lost 6-0 6-1.
Projected path
Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza are also on Emma’s path. Here is the plausible path.
R1 – Stephens
R2 – Kovinic
R3 – Halep
R4 – Muguruza
QF – Kontaveit
SF – Sabalenka
F – Barty
Here is Emma’s part of the draw.
Emma Raducanu in 2022
LWWLLWWLWW At the moment ranked no.18 (career-high), the Brit played her last match on the 11th of January when she lost to world no.13 Elena Rybakina 6-0 6-1 in the 1st round in Sydney (draw).
Currently, during this year Emma has a compiled 0-1 record.
Sloane Stephens in 2022
LLLLLLWLLW Currently the world no.68, the American played her last match on the 5th of November 2021 when she surrendered to world no.39 Ludmilla Samsonova 1-6 6-4 6-3 in the Rubber 2 in (draw).
This season Sloane has achieved a composed 0-0 match record.
Emma Raducanu and Sloane Stephens have never clashed against each other.
Simona Halep in 2022
Currently ranked no.15, Halep played her last match on the 9th of January when she defeated world no.30 Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 6-3 in the final in Melbourne to win her 23rd career title.
This season Halep has a 5-0 record. The Romanian conquered 1 title in Melbourne.
Muguruza in Sydney, ranking, and results in 2022
Ranked no.3, Garbine has managed to achieve an overall 1-0 match record in 2022. The Spaniard is competing in Sydney where she beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1 7-64.
Garbine Muguruza will take on the world no.26 Darya Kasatkina in the quarter on Thursday at 7:00 pm on KEN ROSEWALL ARENA. Their actual head to head record is 3-2 for Muguruza.
Garbine won 10 titles in her career: 8 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza played each other 7 times. The head to head is 4-3 for Muguruza. The last time they locked horns, Simona Halep won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) in September 2020.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
Emma Raducanu, Sloane Stephens, Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza |
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