Emma Raducanu

Emma Raducanu nearly missed her Indian Wells victory over Danka Kovinic due to feeling unwell before the clash.The British tennis sensation has been s.

“Today before the match, I did not warm up. “I just woke up feeling not great to be honest. “I’m just so happy with the way I fought and dealt with the circumstances.

Emma Raducanu has revealed that she was 'sleeping' before her return match to the WTA tour in Indian Wells.

“Today, before the match, I did not warm up. Raducanu confessed to still be feeling the effects of her illness, “I didn’t feel too good this morning. [Australian Open](https://tennishead.net/tennis/tournaments/australian-open/) and has recently been struggling with tonsillitis, forcing her to withdraw from last week’s WTA 250 event in Austin, Texas.

Emma Raducanu played and won her first match since January after a last-minute decision over whether she would even compete.

Two minutes before I was called I was sleeping in the treatment room so I'm just proud to have got out there and then won.” In September, Raducanu reached her first - and so far only - semi-final since her surprise title win at the 2021 US Open. And the world No 77 has now revealed that she made a last-minute decision to play on Thursday, having been asleep “minutes” before being called for the match as she continues to recover. I felt quite ill so I'm just happy to have played the match and then to win it despite how I felt today.” “I'm just so happy with the way I fought and dealt with the circumstances,” she added, before admitting that she had been struggling prior to the match. [Emma Raducanu](/latest/emma-raducanu) has revealed that she made a last-minute decision to take to the court in Indian Wells for her opening match on Thursday.

Former US Open champion deleted social media from her phone after Australian Open and admits she's 'been living under her own rock' since.

"Today, before the match, I did not warm up. "I just woke up feeling not great, to be honest. "I felt like sometimes you go through patches where you just want to zone in on yourself, and I was very content with my life without it.

The 20-year-old is the fifth-most followed tennis player on Instagram, and the pressure of social media apps led to Raducanu choosing to focus on 'zoning ...

I can't imagine he's completely pain-free, so watching him this year has definitely given me a lot of inspiration.' But during her downtime post-victory, the player did manage to find a relief of sorts – offering guest commentary for half-an-hour in the BBC commentary booth during Raducanu also continues to share updates from her life on the tour to the delight of her fans. The British women's No 1 is a highly popular and high profile figure in the world of tennis Some have offered up the commitments of these brand endorsements as reasons why the player is yet to match the success she saw at earlier on in her professional career. The British women's No 1, who beat Danka Kovinic to progress to the second round at Indian Wells on Thursday, removed the social media apps following her exit at the Australian Open in January.

Emma Raducanu made a winning return to action at the Indian Wells Open on Thursday, but her pre-match routine was a bit unusual and it worked like a charm.

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Emma Raducanu's comment that she doesn't know when upcoming Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers are has raised eyebrows with captain, Anne Keothavong, ...

He is still barred from entering the United States, although he hopes that might be rescinded in time for the Miami Open. It also stretches belief that the meticulously-prepared Raducanu would not know that she and her GB team-mates were playing on April 14-15, barely a month away. Carlos Alcaraz is top seed in the men's event in the absence of Novak Djokovic. Overnight Keothavong responded to one report of her comment with a thinking face emoji. Now there is the prospect of a drama involving the squad's best-known player in the lead-up to the tie. I've just been so in my zone as I've said.

Britain's Billie Jean King Cup captain has responded after Emma Raducanu was asked about her participation in next month's tie.

The 20-year-old’s claim that she isn’t aware of the tie date will likely come as a big surprise to Keothavong and all involved, as the dates have been in place for months. Keothavong will still have plenty of other options if the world No 77 ends up choosing not to play next month, including the likes of Britain’s No 2 Harriet Dart. Raducanu revealed that she “doesn’t even know” when Britain will face France when asked about her participation in next month’s tie following her first-round victory in Indian Wells.