#Emma Raducanu

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Emma Raducanu's face lit up with excitement during her first-round press conference at the Australian Open when she learned her next opponent at Melbourne Park would be fellow WTA rising star Coco Gauff. The pair will meet Wednesday evening on Rod Laver Arena, and while it may only be for a place in the last 32 of the…

The Australian Open kicked off on Sunday evening without too many wild results. Most of the top seeds in both the men's and women's draws advanced without much struggle, including Americans Frances Tiafoe, Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, and Sebastian Korda. Danielle Collins also advanced in a tighter affair, while 28th-seeded American Amanda Anisimova…

Fixture: (7) Coco Gauff vs Emma Raducanu Date: 18 January 2023 Tournament: Australian Open 2023 Round: Second round (Round of 64) Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia Surface: Hard Prize Money: A$76500000 World No. 7 Coco Gauff and 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu are set to face off in an exciting second-round showdown at the…

American and world No.7 Coco Gauff will meet British tennis player Emma Raducanu in the second round of the Australian Open. Gauff proceeded with ease on the first day of the Grand Slam, passing Czech Katerina Siniakova in straight sets on Rod Laver Arena. The 18-year-old defeated her opponent 6-1 6-4 and is looking to reach past her previous…

The 2023 Australian Open begins with Day 1 of Main Draw play on Monday (Sunday evening in the United States). The day will see a whopping 32 women's matches, and-as always-we here at LastWordOnTennis will share our thoughts on all of them for you. Who do you think will win? Predicting this set of matches are Yesh Ginsburg, Shane Black, and Manuel…

The 2023 Australian Open begins with Day 1 of Main Draw play on Monday (Sunday evening in the United States). The day will see a whopping 32 women's matches, and-as always-we here at LastWordOnTennis will share our thoughts on all of them for you. Who do you think will win? Predicting this set of matches are Yesh Ginsburg, Shane Black, and Manuel…

Emma Raducanu begins her 2023 Australian Open campaign against German Tamara Korpatsch in what, on paper at least, should be a straightforward match for the former US Open champion. With excitement building, we've put together some tennis betting predictions for those who are looking to have a flutter on the game. These odds from Ladbrokes were…

2023-01-15Iga Swiatek odds on favourite to win Australian Open title following in Ashleigh Barty's footsteps Unfortunately for the tournament and the home country, Barty was only there to participate in a light-hearted hit for kids' day having tucked her third grand slam trophy under her arm 12 months ago and headed off into retirement at the age…

The 2023 edition of the Australian Open is nearly here, with the world's best tennis players to descend on Melbourne Park for a packed fortnight. Ash Barty's retirement means Iga Swiatek is the favourite to take out the women's singles, but can the world No. 1 get the job done? In the men's draw, Novak Djokovic will be looking to win his tenth…

Emma Raducanu is excited about the Australian Open as she seems to be good to go following an ankle injury at the Auckland tennis event a week ago. Raducanu rolled her ankle in the second match she played at the event and it left her in tears while leaving the court. She worked really hard to build her body and didn't want to miss the first major…

Rafael Nadal celebrates after clinching his 21st Grand Slam title in Melbourne Free tennis tips, best bets and analysis for day one of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday. Live on Eurosport, midnight Sunday R Nadal to win & both players to win a set 1pt 5-4 bet365, Betfair, Power Both players to win a set in S Tsitsipas v Q Halys 2pts…

Emma Raducanu is fit and ready for the Australian Open after a "team effort" helped her recover from an ankle injury. The British No 1's participation in the first Grand Slam of 2023 was thrown into doubt after she rolled her ankle during a second-round tie at the ASB Classic in August and left the court in tears. However the 2021 US Open will be…

The first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open, gets under way on Monday in Melbourne. A year after being deported from the country, Novak Djokovic is back in Oz looking to claim a record 10th men's singles title. In the women's event, world no 1 Iga Swiatek starts favourite but otherwise the draw looks wide open - could we have…

We may only be a couple of weeks into 2023 but we are about to witness the first Grand Slam of the year get underway as tennis' finest heads down under for the Australian Open in Melbourne. This year's tournament will see the return of Serbian star Novak Djokovic, who has won the men's singles title a record nine times. Djokovic missed the event…

The 2023 Australian Open Women's tournament will start this month, as the best WTA players in the world descend on OZ for the first Grand Slam of the new season. Reigning champion Ashleigh Barty retired following her win at Melbourne Park last year. The tournament favourite is the current world No 1 Iga Swiatek, who will hope to outlast the…

World number 60 Danka Kovinic faces the 134th-ranked Viktoria Kuzmova in the quarterfinal of the 2023 Auckland Open on Friday, January 6. Get the live streaming options of this Danka Kovinic v Viktoria Kuzmova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 Auckland Open live streaming online? For tennis fans in…

World number two Ons Jabeur kick-starts the new year with a match against the 45th-ranked Sorana Cirstea in the second round of the 2023 Adelaide International on Thursday, January 5. Get the live streaming options of this Ons Jabeur v Sorana Cirstea match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 Adelaide…

Fixture: Emma Raducanu vs Linda Fruhvirtova. Tournament:ASB Classic 2023. Round: First round (Round of 32). Date: January 3, 2023. Venue: ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland. Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt. Prize money: $259303. Emma Raducanu will face Linda Fruhvirtova in the first round of the 2023 ASB Classic in Auckland. Raducanu endured a disappointing…

Emma Raducanu had a year to forget on the court, but is laughing all the way to the bank in Forbes' ranking of the world's highest-paid female athletes of 2022. The tennis star places fourth in the lis t and is Britain's richest female athlete at the age of 20 - that's despite a challenging 12 months with racket in hand. Rising to stardom…

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WTA ASB Classic in Auckland has a spot in the opening week of the calendar. The WTA 250 event is the only top-tier tennis tournament played in New Zealand and will welcome some of the best players on the women's circuit. The tournament will kick off on January 2 as players look to finetune…

The 2022 Australian Open headlines are dominated by the ongoing Novak Djokovic drama on the men's side, detracting from the women's side of the tournament that is shaping up to be a wide-open affair, according to bookmakers with a number of prominent sportsbooks. Australia's own Ashleigh Barty is the top favorite to win her third career grand slam…

Emma Raducanu shook the world in 2021 when she won the US Open with an astounding victory. However, her performance after that has not been consistent. Consequently, the media and people constantly criticized her for not doing her best. Nonetheless, the player has remained strong. Recently, her old rival from her junior days, Sonay Kartal, came out…

Tennis remains the only major professional sport without a proper off-season, so the start of the 2023 tennis season is just weeks away. Here are ten things to look forward to in tennis in 2023. 1.The Great Three-Generational Battle In Men's Tennis After the era of the Big Three finally ended with the retirement of Roger Federer, tennis in general…

World No 1 Iga Swiatek cheekily suggested that she is happy that most of her money earned in 2022 came via results and not through sponsorship and endorsement deals. This week, Forbes published its 2022 list of the highest-paid female athletes in the world. Osaka, who appeared in a total of 11 tournaments this year and didn't win any titles, is the…

The new tennis season is set to begin on Thursday after a short winter break, when the Australian Open begins. Former World No 1 Novak Djokovic will return to the tournament after he was unable to compete in the opening Grand Slam of the season in 2022 after he was deported from Australia over fears he would incite anti-vax sentiment. The Serbian…

Emma Raducanu is set to announce Sebastian Sachs as her new coach. The former German tennis player will be the British tennis star's fifth coach since her debut at Wimbledon in 2021 and the third this year. The German had a brief career as a player on the Futures tour, but has enjoyed plenty of success as a coach. The 30-year-old has worked with…

We had a wild first day at the 2022 US Open yesterday. American title hopeful Taylor Fritz was upset in the first round, as were two of the top-10 women in the tournament, while two American qualifiers posted the biggest wins of their career to advance to the second round. Oh yeah, and Serena Williams advanced and will postpone her retirement at…

Fixture: Ons Jabeur vs Emma Raducanu. Date: 16 December 2022. Tournament:Mubadala World Tennis Championship. Round: Final. Venue: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt. Prize money: $250000. Match timing: Not before 8 pm local time, 4 pm GMT, 11 am ET and 9:30 pm IST. Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | Australia - Stan…

A lot of talents are rising in the Women's Tennis Association. This is good for WTA because talents are needed to help maintain the game's position as the most popular female sport in the world. If you think the Williams sisters are still the stars of female tennis, then you need to start looking out for the rising stars in female tennis. Just like…

Wimbledon returns once again with Novak Djokovic looking for his seventh Wimbledon title and Iga Swiatek looking to secure her first Wimbledon Grand Slam Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek are the current favourites for the men's and women's singles respectively Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek have been named as the bookies favourites for this year's…

Say this about the 2022 Australian Open: it has had run-up publicity like never before. With the top seed in men's singles still in the tournament-and still in country-the draw was made on Thursday local time. Both the tournament and the top player might be in a different position by the time you read this. Or not. One safe prediction: this will be…

The world of tennis was shaken when Serena Williams announced she would be retiring this year. The tennis legend was a huge price at the start of the tournament but now has been cut into 14/1 with Betfair to win the US Open on her swansong as she progresses into the third round. Williams, 40, also revealed that the US Open would be her last…

Sebastian Korda reaches out wide to play a forehand in his second-round straight-sets victory over Richard Gasquet Free tennis tips, best bets and analysis for day six of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday. Eurosport, from 10am Friday At least one tiebreak in Sebastian Korda v Carlos Alcaraz 1pt 10-11 Coral, Ladbrokes Sloane…

With the clay-court season now over, the tennis betting world is quickly pivoting to grass season, with the biggest tournament of the year - Wimbledon - less than a month away. This year's tournament will be different than previous ones, as the ATP and WTA will not be awarding points in this installment of the grass classic. This decision comes off…

Andre Snellings Brad Gilbert Former player-turned coach and author Brad Gilbert is an analyst on ESPN's extensive schedule of tennis programming, including, since 2009, all four majors - the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. He joined ESPN in 2004 and serves as a studio analyst, match analyst and sideline reporter. After…

A deep draw in San Diego means we should see brilliant tennis throughout the week. In fact, Tuesday sees several Grand Slam champions and top ten players take to the court in what promises to be a great day of tennis. Headlining the three matches covered in this set of WTA San Diego Open predictions are Elena Rybakina and Garbine Muguruza. However,…

Emma Raducanu is in need of more psychological attention and needs to be careful about who she surrounds herself with according to Billie Jean King. The 2021 US Open champion struggled to a 17-19 win-loss record in 2022 in her first full WTA season. She only once won three consecutive matches, at the Korea Open in September. Injuries hampered the…

Britain's No. 1 player Emma Raducanu announced her withdrawal from the Billie Jean King Cup finals last week as she is yet to recover from a recent wrist injury. In her absence, 95th-ranked Harriet Dart will lead the team under the guidance of Anne Keothavong. Others to feature for Great Britain include Katie Boulter, Heather Watson and doubles…

Tennis stars are often made - or discovered - at grand slams, and the upcoming French Open is set to showcase plenty of new and existing talent. The Sporting News takes a look at which players could thrust themselves into the limelight at Roland-Garros. Jannik Sinner has won five ATP singles titles, becoming the youngest men's player to achieve…

This article is part of our Tennis Picks series. The second week of the French Open begins Sunday with fourth-round action in both the men's and women's singles draws. A couple of American women will be in action, including one who will look to rely on her experience to upset an opponent who has never been this far before in a major. On the men's…

Great Britain's Billie Jean King Cup captain Anne Keothavong believes Emma Raducanu will be a "stronger player" come next year after a season blighted with injuries and loss of form. Having called an early halt to her WTA Tour season after suffering a wrist injury last month, Raducanu had hoped to be fit to lead Keothavong's team in…

It's a big day for the Brits at SW19 and the bookies expect both Raducanu and Murray to win their matches British number one Emma Raducanu is back on Centre Court this afternoon when she takes on French rival Caroline Garcia for a place in the the third round of Wimbledon 2022. The US Open champion, who opened her campaign with a win over Belgian…

Carlos Alcaraz has played little since winning the US Open and becoming No. 1. So it wasn't surprising his opener in Basel was scratchy. But he seems to have gotten his rhythm back and is a fairly strong favorite to take out fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta in the quarterfinals on Friday in the Alcaraz vs Carreño Busta odds. Odds as of Oct. 27…

At her best, Serena Williams is maybe the greatest ever to pick up a tennis racket. At her worst, she's a legend we aren't quite ready to admit is done winning - a walking monument many believe still has the potential to squeeze out one last Grand Slam victory to tie Margaret Court for the most all-time. That's how she'll go out in her final…

The curtain will soon come down on one of the greatest careers the world of sport has ever seen and Flushing Meadows, the home of the US Open, will provide a fitting stage for Serena Williams' final act. Williams announced earlier this month that she would " evolve away from tennis " after this year's US Open, saying that she has "never liked the…