Emma Raducanu is currently in Washington, where she is about to start her run at the Citi Open seeded number 2.
Emma participated to the composition of the main draw and indeed she got an interesting one. Raducanu will face Marie Bouzkova in the opening match to possibly clash against Sofia Kenin and Elise Mertens in the following rounds.
Nevertheless, Emma may have been lucky since Marie Bouzkova is currently in the semifinals in Prague. Therefore, it is plausible that if she gets to the final, she withdraws from the Citi Open. If Marie decided to play, she would definitely struggle with the jet lag and fatigue.
Sofia Kenin has been struggling with all sorts of issues and unless she suddenly gets to her glorious past, she may struggle to play competitive tennis in Washington.
This is the draw.
Emma Raducanu in 2022
LWWLLWWLWW At the moment ranked no.10 (career-high), the Brit played her last match on the 29th of June when she was defeated by world no.45 Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Wimbledon (draw).
This season Emma has an overall 9-12 win-loss record.
Bouzkova in Prague, ranking, and results in 2022
WWLWLLLWWW Ranked world no.66, Bouzkova has achieved a 29-10 match record in 2022. Bouzkova is competing in Prague where she managed to beat the world no.208 Sinja Kraus 6-2 7-62, the world no.421 Dominika Salkova 6-1 6-2 and the world no.170 Oksana Selekhmeteva 6-3 6-0.
Marie Bouzkova will face the world no.112 Linda Noskova in the semifinal. They have never competed against each other till now in top tournaments.
Bouzkova was the finalist in Guadalajara (Abierto De Guadalajara).
Emma Raducanu and Marie Bouzkova have never faced off.
Sofia Kenin in 2022
LWLWLWLLLL Now the world no.419, Kenin played her last match on the 9th of March when she was overcome by world no.26 Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Indian Wells (draw).
Until now, during this year Kenin has a 2-6 match record.
Elise Mertens in 2022
LWLWLWWWLL Now ranked no.30, the Belgian played her last match on the 25th of July when she lost to world no.68 Magda Linette 6-3 2-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Prague (draw).
This season the Belgian has a 17-15 match record.
Sofia Kenin and Elise Mertens played each other 3 times. The head to head is 2-1 for Kenin. Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Elise Mertens won 6-3 6-3 in the 4th round in New York (U.S. Open) in September 2020.
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