Emma Raducanu says she is excited about the challenge of playing on clay for Great Britain when they play France on Friday in the Billie Jean King Cup, marking her long-awaited comeback.
Raducanu expressed her thoughts about it and said: “I’m enjoying the challenge of it. And I think it’s great that we can be in this position, playing the French who are so dominant. And coming on clay, I think we’re the underdogs. But we have a lot of games and we’re ready to play this weekend.”
Katie Boulter and Raducanu were selected as Great Britain’s singles players for the Thursday draw against a formidable French squad. Since making her debut in 2022 during the qualification round against the Czech Republic, Raducanu has not played for Team GB.
She further said: “I don’t have anything against clay. But in the past, the timing hasn’t been quite right, I had my back [injury] when it was the clay-court season, I had my foot [injury] when it was the clay-court season, the timing just hasn’t quite worked. So I think, I’ve tried to keep things very simple and not change surfaces too much due to the risk of injury, which in the past has been an issue with me. So to negate that I’ve tried very hard to stay off it. But again, I’ve been playing this past week and loving every minute of it.”
Emma Raducanu in 2024
LWWLLWWLWW At the moment ranked no.302, Raducanu played her last match on the 11th of March when she was defeated by world no.2 Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 7-5 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells (draw).
Currently, during this season Raducanu owns a 5-5 win-loss record.
Emma Raducanu will fight against the world no.23 Caroline Garcia in the . Their current head to head is 1-1.
Emma Raducanu |
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