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Taylor Fritz believes that world No 1 Jannik Sinner and world No 2 Carlos Alcaraz are ‘beatable’ at the upcoming US Open, with the American stating that he is a better player now than he was when he made the final at the last edition of the New York tournament.

The world No 4 is coming off a quarter-final 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-5 loss at the Citi DC Open to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Fritz will next participate in the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Toronto, as the second seed, with an opening-match clash with Roberto Carballes Baena.

Speaking ahead of his debut, the American is confident that he can challenge Sinner and Alcaraz at the upcoming US Open.

The pair have won all of the last seven Grand Slams, being well ahead of world No 3 Alexander Zverev in the official ATP rankings.

“Yeah, I mean, obviously we [Alcaraz] had a pretty close match at Wimbledon,” said Fritz, during his pre-tournament press conference.

“But, yeah, I mean, you can’t argue the fact that they’re outperforming, those two are outperforming the field, so that’s a fair thing to say.

“I think a lot of it depends on the conditions. I think in the right conditions and the right, like if 2the court’s decent speed, I feel they’re both beatable.

I think several players, if the right conditions are met, you know, if they’re not playing their best.

“In tennis, just the way tennis is, some people, there are small margins. You win the big points, someone’s having a really good serving day, a really good day, they’re a little bit off, like they’re very beatable.

“If you want to tell me how beatable they are on their best day, then that’s a little bit different.

“Yeah, there’s always going to be openings, just depending on the conditions, and if someone has a really good day or a really bad day, it’s possible.”

Fritz has made great strides at Grand Slam level, reaching the quarter-finals or further at five of the last eight such tournaments.

At the 2024 US Open, the American made his first Grand Slam final by defeating the likes of Casper Ruud, Alexander Zverev, and Frances Tiafoe along the way – losing out to world No 1 Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.

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Most recently, as the world No 4 alluded to, Fritz reached his maiden Wimbledon semi-final this season after two unsuccessful quarter-final defeats in 2022 and 2024.

It was world No 2 Alcaraz who prevailed in a tight 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (6) match, with Fritz also having a set point in the fourth to take the encounter to a fifth.

Fritz’s confidence likely stems from his belief that he is a better player now than when he made the showpiece match at the US Open, seeking to improve every area of his game.

“I feel like between the US Open and the ATP Finals last year, I did some things to improve my forehand a little bit. It’s a lot of little specific things,” the world No 4 analysed.

“I feel like I’m serving better this year than I was last year, definitely at the US Open. I’m hitting all my shots a little bit better, more consistently this year. I’m trying to move better. I’m not sure if I am, but I feel good. I’m always trying to improve a little bit on everything.”

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Emma Raducanu kicked off her campaign at the 2025 Canadian Open with a straight-set win over Elena-Gabriela Ruse.

The world No 33 prevailed 6-2, 6-4 against world No 58 Ruse, her close friend, to build on her strong start to the North American hard-court season.

Raducanu defeated Marta Kostyuk, Naomi Osaka and Maria Sakkari to make the semi-finals at the Citi Open in Washington last week. Her run was ended by Anna Kalinskaya.

Peyton Stearns

Peyton Stearns was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States on October 8, 2001 and started playing tennis at the age of eight.

The American played two seasons of college tennis at the University of Texas and became the first Texas player to win NCAA women’s singles crown, as well as helping the Longhorns secure consecutive NCAA team titles.

Stearns played her first professional match in February 2021 and played her first WTA Tour singles match at the Cincinnati Open in August that year.

Having called time on her college career and turned pro in June 2022, Stearns made her Grand Slam debut as a wildcard at the 2022 US Open.

According to her bio on the WTA website, hard-court is Stearns’ favourite surface and she achieved her best major result at the 2023 US Open, where she made the last 16.

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Stearns has reached both of her WTA finals to date on clay, though, losing her first to Tatjana Maria at the Bogota tournament in 2023 and beating Mayar Sherif in her second at the 2024 Morocco Open (both 250 events). She also reached the semi-finals of the WTA 1000 event in Rome in May this year.

The 23-year-old has lost five of her last six matches in straight sets since her quarter-final victory at the Italian Open in May. She was upset 6-3, 6-4 by 45-year-old Venus Williams at the Citi Open last week.

Stearns has beaten two players ranked in the top 10 at the time: Zheng Qinwen and Madison Keys earlier this season.

Currently ranked 37th, Stearns reached her career-high ranking of 28th in May following her Rome run.

Head-to-head

Raducanu leads her head-to-head with Stearns 2-0 having won both of the pair’s previous encounters in straight sets in 2024.

Both meetings were on hard courts, with Raducanu winning 7-6(6), 6-2 in Washington and 7-6(4), 7-6(5) in Seoul.

After the match in Seoul, which lasted a gruelling two hours and 43 minutes, Raducanu said: “I don’t think either of us were playing particularly great tennis.

“It was more of a dogfight. The conditions were very humid so it was a tough two sets. If it had gone to three it would have been very interesting.”

When will the match be played?

The second round match between Raducanu and Stearns is expected to be contested on Wednesday, with the order of play yet to be confirmed.

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Emma Raducanu defeated close friend Elena-Gabriela Ruse in her opening match at the 2025 Canadian Open to continue her impressive form.

The 2021 US Open winner earned a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Ruse, the world No 58, at the WTA 1000 event in Montreal.

After saving five break points in the third game of the match, Raducanu broke Ruse twice to take the opening set convincingly.

In the second set, Raducanu was twice pegged back after being up a break, but she secured the third and decisive breakthrough on Ruse’s serve at 4-4 before serving it out. She now holds a 2-0 record against the 27-year-old Romanian.

Raducanu has won four of her last five matches after her run to the semi-finals of the WTA 500 tournament in Washington DC last week.

In her on-court interview, Raducanu said: “I’m so happy to have come through that. I know Elena, she’s a very good friend of mine.

“It’s very difficult to play someone you are close to, so I am really proud of how I put that to one side for the match and also backed up a strong week in DC and performed well today. Yeah, just really happy and loved playing here for the first time.

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“It is extremely difficult [playing someone you know so well], we have spent a lot of time together off court, practices, and she is a great girl, so it is not nice when you have to see her name in the draw, but I am really pleased with how I performed myself.”

Raducanu’s run to the last four in Washington lifted her from 46th to 33rd in the world when the WTA Rankings updated on Monday.

However, she then fell nine places to 42nd in the live rankings when the points from her quarter-final result at the 2024 Citi Open dropped as last year’s event was held a week later in the calendar.

The 22-year-old’s first round win in Montreal has lifted her back up three spots to 39th, and she has the opportunity to climb further.

Raducanu will face 37th-ranked Peyton Stearns in the second round, and victory would take the Brit above both Olga Danilovic and Stearns to 37th in the live rankings.

The former world No 10 did not compete at either the Canadian Open or the Cincinnati Open in 2024, which gives her a good chance to improve her ranking before the US Open.

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Alejandro Davidovich Fokina remains one of the best players in history not to secure an ATP singles title after an agonisingly defeat to Alex de Minaur at the Citi DC Open.

Here, we rank the seven best active players on the men’s tour who have not won a singles title.

7. Fabian Marozsan

Fabian Marozsan is yet to reach an ATP Tour title match, but he was a quarter-finalist at Masters events in Shanghai in 2023 and Miami in 2024.

The Hungarian has registered six wins over top 10-ranked opponents, with his first and biggest upset coming against Carlos Alcaraz at the 2023 Italian Open.

The 25-year-old, currently ranked 56th, attained his career-best ranking to date of 36th in May 2024.

6. Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Tomas Martin Etcheverry is a three-time runner-up, with all of his finals at clay-court ATP 250 events.

The Argentine came within two points of victory against Nicolas Jarry in the 2023 Chile Open final before falling in three sets.

Etcheverry then lost to Frances Tiafoe in two tiebreaks in the Houston title match the following month.

At the 2024 Lyon Open, Etcheverry fell 7-9 in a third set tiebreak to Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard after having a match point.

The current world No 60 was a quarter-finalist at the 2023 French Open — his best Grand Slam run.

The 26-year-old peaked at 27th in the rankings in February 2024.

5. Matteo Arnaldi

Matteo Arnaldi is currently ranked 43rd in the world and reached his career-high of 30th in August 2024.

The Italian is yet to reach an ATP Tour singles final, but he has made two deep runs at Masters 1000 events: semi-finals at the 2024 Canadian Open and quarter-finals at the 2025 Madrid Open.

The 24-year-old has claimed five top 10 wins, with the biggest and most recent his second round upset of Novak Djokovic in Madrid this year.

Arnaldi has twice reached the fourth round at majors: the 2023 US Open and the 2024 French Open.

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4. Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen sits 34th in the ATP Rankings, having reached his highest ranking to date of world No 30 earlier this month.

The American has lost in three finals, all of which have been at ATP 250 level in his home nation.

Michelsen lost back-to-back finals at the grass-court event in Newport against Adrian Mannarino in 2023 and Marcos Giron in 2024. He was also beaten by Lorenzo Sonego in the Winston Salem title match in August 2024.

The 20-year-old achieved his best Grand Slam result so far at the 2025 Australian Open, where he made the last 16.

3. Botic van de Zandschulp

While Botic van de Zandschulp is currently ranked 86th in the world, he reached a career-high position of 22nd in August 2022.

Both of van de Zandschulp’s career finals came at the clay-court 250 in Munich: in 2022 and 2023.

The Dutchman was forced to retire due to injury when leading 4-3 in the opening set against Holger Rune in the first final.

A year later, he lost to the same opponent in heartbreaking fashion as he squandered four championship points and failed to serve the match out three times in the final set before a cramping Rune prevailed in a tiebreak.

Van de Zandschulp made the quarter-finals of thce 2021 US Open as a qualifier, while he made the last 16 at Wimbledon the next year.

He stunned Alcaraz in straight sets at the 2024 US Open and upset Novak Djokovic at the 2025 Indian Wells Masters — two of his eight career top 10 wins.

2. Hyeon Chung

Hyeon Chung has worked his way back up to 364th in the rankings this year after having largely endured an injury nightmare since his emergence as one of the brightest talents in the sport.

The South Korean stunned both Alexander Zverev and Djokovic en route to the semi-finals of the 2018 Australian Open after winning the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals at the end of 2017.

The 29-year-old won an impressive nine titles at ATP Challenger level between 2014 and 2019, but he has not reached an ATP Tour title match.

Chung reached a career-high ranking of 19th in April 2018.

1. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is the only player among the current top 32 in the ATP Rankings without a singles title to their name.

The Spaniard is a four-time runner-up on the tour, with his maiden final coming at the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters, where he lost 3-6, 6-7(3) to Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Davidovich Fokina’s other three finals have all come in 2025 — the first of which ended in a 6-3, 1-6, 5-7 defeat to Miomir Kecmanovic at the Delray Beach ATP 250 in February after he led 5-2 in the decider and had two championship points.

Later that month, Davidovich Fokina fell 6-7(6), 2-6 to Tomas Machac in the title match at the Mexican Open ATP 500 in Acapulco.

His latest final at the ATP 500 in Washington followed a similar pattern to the Delray Beach loss as he went down 7-5, 1-6, 6-7(3) to Alex de Minaur after having three championship points and seeing a 5-2 lead evaporate in the third set.

The 26-year-old is currently at a career-high ranking of 19th, while his best Grand Slam result was reaching the quarter-finals at the 2021 French Open. He has also reached the fourth round at the US Open twice and the Australian Open once.

Davidovich Fokina has recorded 12 wins over top 10 players, including Djokovic at the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters when the Serbian was world No 1.

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Corentin Moutet, Jaume Munar, Learner Tien and Jerzy Janowicz (not retired but inactive since 2022).

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Holger Rune has called his training sessions under the watchful eye of Andre Agassi ‘a great experience’ and is ‘looking forward’ to working with Marco Panichi, his new fitness trainer, who recently left Jannik Sinner’s team.

The Dane, most recently, suffered a first-round loss at Wimbledon to Nicholas Jarry, with the Chilean battling back from a two-set deficit.

Soon after, Rune surprised the tennis world after being spotted practising for the Citi DC Open alongside Agassi, sparking coaching rumours.

Ultimately, the former world No 4 withdrew from the event due to his back ‘locking up’ during his final practice session.

“It was a great experience sharing the court with him for a couple of days in Washington,” began Rune, speaking to Ziggo Sport about his time with the eight-time Grand Slam champion.

“I learned a lot about how he sees the game, and how he sees my tennis, and we tried to figure out how to make my tennis easier.

“He gives very good advice on how to return, he was an incredible returner, as I am too, so we can share information and that’s great. His passion for tennis is spectacular. It’s wonderful to meet people who love tennis as much as I do.

“I think it’s very important to share your thoughts, and Agassi knows how to listen and gives very good advice. I am very grateful to have spent these days with him.

“What he tried to explain to me is that he wanted my tennis to be a bit slower and he thinks I can do things much easier with my power and quality in my shots and believes I should do more things than I usually do.

“Essentially, it’s about finding balance, and that’s what we have been working on. He surprised me with some things he explained in training sessions and also about how to play tiebreaks.

“I won’t share the secrets he gave me, but I was amazed by his perspective on tennis and playing”

The American tennis legend has previously dipped his feet into the coaching world, having helped to coach 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic from May 2017 until April 2018.

Although no future relationship was confirmed, Agassi did comment on a video of the Dane’s glowing comments, stating: “The future is bright.”

In addition to being spotted training alongside Agassi, it has also been revealed that Rune has hired Marco Panichi as his new fitness trainer.

The Italian has previously worked with Novak Djokovic from 2017 until 2024, and, more recently, with Jannik Sinner for the last nine months.

“I tried a few days with Marco down in Monaco and for me it was very, very challenging fitness training with him. It was not only about getting stronger, lifting weights, because that’s not what tennis is about,” analysed Rune.

“Obviously you need a certain strength, but there’s a lot about the coordination, the biomechanics, and I think he challenged me in a different way that I haven’t tried before.

“His experience working so many years with Novak and a little time with Sinner, I really see the connection of fitness and tennis.

“I think he has a spectacular talent for that. So I’m very excited to work with him.”

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The Dane previously made clear that he aimed to improve his overall fitness after a four-set loss to Lorenzo Musetti at the French Open, seemingly impacted by a five-set clash against Quentin Halys in the prior round.

“I just have to get better physically.

“The only thing I’m surprised about is that I trained so much physically leading up to Australia (Australian Open) and there was a bit of the same problem when I met Sinner. I also died there.

“I’ll never see what my potential is if I don’t get my physical form up to 100 percent. So I hope I do.

“We’re talking to some people right now, some physical trainers. Something will definitely happen in the next few weeks.”

Rune is due to return to the tour at the Canadian Masters, facing the big-serving Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in his opening match.

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Alexander Zverev has spoken about his time working with Toni Nadal in Mallorca and confirmed he is “trying to convince” the legendary coach to join his team in an official capacity.

The world No 3 prepared for the North American hard-court swing by training at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca, where Toni Nadal works as a coach and ambassador.

A number of videos of Zverev practising in the presence of Toni Nadal were shared, sparking speculation that the German had hired Rafael Nadal’s uncle and former coach.

German newspaper Bild reported last week, though, that Nadal “turned down” an offer to travel as Zverev’s coach due to his other commitments.

As well as his role at his nephew’s academy, Nadal is the tournament director for the ATP 250 in Mallorca and works as a speaker for sport coaches, universities and companies.

In his pre-tournament press conference at the Canadian Open in Toronto, Zverev was asked about his collaboration with Toni Nadal.

“Yeah, I mean, the time in Mallorca was amazing,” said the 28-year-old. “I spent about 10 days there, and worked really hard and enjoyed it as well. I think Toni enjoyed it probably as well.

“I’m trying to convince him (smiling) to do more weeks with me, and we’ll see how it goes, but he’s a very busy man.

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“Also, he has a lot of dates that he already committed to this year, so I’m not sure how much of him you’ll see this year, because he gave his word to a lot of events and a lot of speeches already.

“But we’re talking about what a potential partnership could look like, for sure, and, yeah, I can give you an update probably in a few weeks time when we know more. But, yeah, I enjoyed my time there, that’s for sure.”

Zverev also revealed that Nadal got in touch with him after his opening round defeat at Wimbledon.

“It’s funny, actually after Wimbledon he contacted me, Uncle Toni,” Zverev explained.

“I was very thankful for him to do that. We spoke on the phone for about an hour and a half, and sent a few messages back and forth, and then, yeah, decided to go to Mallorca to see him.

“But he’s a personality that I think, yeah, he’s a great coach, no question about that, but he’s a personality that I think can give you a lot of confidence as well, because when he speaks and when Rafa speaks, you listen.

“Yeah, they definitely spent a lot of hours talking to me, and they gave me some great insight. Rafa gave me some great insight of what it actually is like to play against me, because he saw me as a player, he saw me now as a spectator as well.

“It was very helpful, and again, we spent hours and hours talking, sometimes until past midnight in some dinners and stuff like that. So it was great to be there.”

Zverev will face world No 88 Adam Walton in his first match at the Masters 1000 event in Toronto, where he is the top seed.

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Leylah Fernandez, Anna Kalinskaya and Emma Raducanu have all made healthy leaps in the WTA Rankings after their runs at the Citi DC Open.

The WTA 500 tournament in Washington was the biggest tour-level women’s event held last week, and there were four top 20 stars in action in Jessica Pegula, Emma Navarro, Elena Rybakina and Clara Tauson.

The top 20 remains unchanged, however, as Pegula and Navarro fell in their opening matches, Tauson lost in the quarter-finals and Rybakina reached the last four.

Fernandez crushed Kalinskaya 6-1, 6-2 in the Washington final to claim her fourth and biggest career title.

The 22-year-old Canadian started the event ranked 36th and she has surged up to 24th with her triumph. Her career-high ranking is world No 13.

Kalinskaya’s search for a maiden WTA Tour title goes on after her third final defeat, but the 26-year-old Russian’s run has lifted her from 48th to 31st in the rankings.

Rybakina, who lost to Fernandez in a fiercely-contested semi-final, remains in 12th position.

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Raducanu reached her first semi-final of the 2025 season in DC before she was stopped by Kalinskaya.

The 22-year-old Brit is up from 46th to 33rd place — her highest ranking since August 2022, just before the points from her 2021 US Open title dropped.

Since the 2024 Citi Open was staged a week later due to the Olympics, Raducanu will drop the 108 points from her quarter-final result at last year’s event when the rankings next update.

This has dropped Raducanu from 33rd to 42nd in the Live WTA Rankings, but she has the chance to climb back up if she makes a run in Montreal. Raducanu did not compete in Canada last year.

Elsewhere, Maria Bouzkova has climbed eight places to 39th after beating Linda Noskova to secure the WTA 250 title in Prague.

Maria Sakkari and Taylor Townsend both reached the quarter-finals in Washington, and they have moved up +18 to 72nd and +22 to 75th respectively.

Elina Avanesyan has suffered a 13-place slide to 67th, while Alycia Parks is -16 to world No 74. Olga Danilovic has fallen eight spots to 40th.

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1. Aryna Sabalenka – 12,420
2. Coco Gauff, United States – 7,669
3. Iga Swiatek, Poland – 6,813
4. Jessica Pegula, United States – 6,423
5. Mirra Andreeva – 4,914
6. Zheng Qinwen, China – 4,553
7. Amanda Anisimova, United States – 4,470
8. Madison Keys, United States – 4,374
9. Jasmine Paolini, Italy – 3,576
10. Paula Badosa, Spain – 3,454
11. Emma Navarro, United States – 3,420
12. Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan – 2,893
13. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine – 2,794
14. Karolina Muchova, Czech Republic – 2,718
15. Ekaterina Alexandrova – 2,666
16. Liudmila Samsonova – 2,576
17. Diana Shnaider – 2,526
18. Daria Kasatkina, Australia – 2,361
19. Clara Tauson, Denmark – 2,346
20. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland – 2,190

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After a strong performance at the Citi DC Open, Emma Raducanu will look to continue her form at the Canadian Open.

In Washington, Raducanu delivered strong displays to defeat Marta Kostyuk 7-6(4), 6-4, Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2, and Maria Sakkari 6-4, 7-5.

A 4-6, 3-6 loss to Anna Kalinskaya ended Raducanu’s run at the WTA 500 event at the semi-final stage.

The world No 46 will begin her campaign at the WTA 1000 event in Montreal with a first round clash against Elena-Gabriela Ruse.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse

Elena-Gabriela Ruse was born in Bucharest, Romania on November 6, 1997. Her father was a footballer, while her mother is a former gymnast. She has named her compatriot Simona Halep, a two-time major champion and former world No 1, as her idol.

In her maiden WTA Tour final, Ruse defeated Andrea Petkovic at the WTA 250 clay-court event in Hamburg in 2021 to claim her only WTA singles title to date.

Ruse has since been a runner-up at three WTA 250 events: to Danielle Collins at the 2021 Palermo Open (clay), to Tamara Korpatsch at the 2023 Transylvania Open (indoor hard), and to Elise Mertens at the 2025 Libema Open (grass).

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The Romanian’s best Grand Slam result is reaching the third round at the 2024 US Open, with her overall record at majors 6-12.

Ruse’s career win-loss record at WTA Tour level is 49-62 (12-10 in 2025), while she reached a career-high ranking of 51st in May 2022.

The 27-year-old, who is currently ranked 56th, has lost her last three matches since her semi-final win at the Libema Open final in June.

Raducanu and Ruse’s friendship

Raducanu, whose father Ion is Romanian, has been good friends with Ruse since 2021.

“We started to be friends, she’s a nice person,” Ruse told the Guardian in 2021. “I enjoy the time with her so much. She is speaking really good Romanian but she’s so shy to do it.”

After training and going for dinner together during the 2021 Transylvania Open in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca, Raducanu and Ruse played an exhibition match at London’s Royal Albert Hall later that year.

Head-to-head

In the pair’s only previous meeting, Raducanu defeated Ruse 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in the opening round of the 2024 Auckland Open.

It was Raducanu’s first match in eight months after she had undergone three surgeries — on both wrists and her left ankle — in 2023.

The winner of their match in Montreal will face 32nd seed Peyton Stearns in the second round.

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Former British player Barry Cowan has identified what makes grass and hard courts Emma Raducanu’s best surfaces as he looked ahead to the US Open.

Raducanu continued her positive 2025 campaign with an impressive run to the semi-finals of the Citi DC Open in Washington this week.

The 22-year-old saw off Marta Kostyuk, Naomi Osaka and Maria Sakkari without losing a set before falling 4-6, 3-6 to Anna Kalinskaya in the last four.

The Brit holds a 21-15 record this season and she has climbed 13 places from 46th to 33rd in the Live WTA Rankings with the 195 points she has gained for her run at the WTA 500 event.

Raducanu lost six of her first nine matches of 2025 before kickstarting her year with a run to the quarter-finals of the Miami Open in March after linking up with coach Mark Petchey.

In an interview with Tennishead, Cowan addressed Raducanu’s chances at the 2025 US Open, which will begin on August 24.

“Yeah, I think grass and fast hard courts are her best surfaces,” said the former world No 162.

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“I think the reason for that is that she is a great timer of a tennis ball. And when she won the US Open, she predominantly played her tennis on the baseline and used her great timing to hit the ball early and rush her opponents.

“Obviously, on the slower hard courts, on the clay courts, it’s a totally different type of style that is required, but yeah, I mean, she can do well at the US Open, but I think that the women’s tour is something where I do feel, you know, I look back to Washington last year as a good example. I thought she’d played a great in Washington.

“She played two really good matches, she won, she built momentum, she lost narrowly to [Paula] Badosa in the quarter-finals, and then she didn’t play after that until the US Open.

“Well, you can’t expect to play, you know, one great week and then not play for three or four weeks and then pick it up. At 30 years of age or 35 years of age, if you’re a [Novak] Djokovic, or further back, Serena Williams — that’s okay.

“But for Raducanu, she needs matches.”

Raducanu will face world No 56 Elena Gabriela Ruse in her opening match at the WTA 1000 event in Montreal next week.

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Jessica Pegula is the defending champion at the Canadian Open so she has a lot at stake over the next fortnight, but Iga Swiatek will start with a clean slate while Emma Raducanu’s situation is slightly complicated.

The Canadian Open, the sixth WTA 1000 tournament of the 2025 season, is key to the North American hard-court swing as it is one of the warm-up events for the US Open.

This year marks the first time that the expanded tournament will be played over 12 days with first-round matches starting on July 27 while the final of the WTA event hosted on August 7. Last year’s Canadian Open was staged a week later due to the 2024 Paris Olympics as the event took place from August 6-12.

It means it slightly complicates the points that players are defending from corresponding events 12 months ago as they will not only drop points from the 2024 Canadian Open, but also the Washington Open in DC as that WTA 500 tournament ran from July 29 until August 4.

So if player A played in DC and/or Canada in 2024, they will drop points from both of those events in the coming week.

How Many Points Are The Top Players Dropping

Let’s start with world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who has opted to sit out last week’s Washington DC Open and the upcoming Canadian Open. Sabalenka, though, played in both tournaments in 2024 and she reached the semi-final in the United States and the quarter-finals a week later.

The three-time Grand Slam winner will drop a total of 410 points (215+195) and, of course, she won’t pick up any points over the next 12 days as she won’t play at the WTA 1000 event as she felt she needed a longer break after Wimbledon. Sabalenka sits on 12,420 points ahead of the Canada event and will be on 12,010 at the end, enough to maintain her big lead at the top.

World No 2 and reigning French Open champion Coco Gauff didn’t play in DC in 2024 as she competed in Paris, but then returned at the Canadian Open and reached the third round so she will drop 120 points.

Wimbledon winner Iga Swiatek won bronze at the 2024 Olympic Games so she didn’t play in either event so she will not defend any points in Montreal. Fourth seed Mirra Andreeva, seventh seed Jasmine Paolini and ninth seed Elena Rybakina are some of the other players who didn’t play 12 months ago.

Defending champion Pegula has the most to lose in Canada as she earned 1,000 points 12 months ago when she defeated Amanda Anisimova, but she didn’t compete in DC in 2024.

Anisimova will drop 650 after finishing runner-up in Canada in 2024 and another 133 for reaching the quarter-finals in DC.

Diana Shnaider and Emma Navarro were the quarter-finalists 12 months ago and they will both drop 390 points.

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Emma Raducanu is another of the high-profile players who didn’t feature at the WTA 1000 tournament in 2024 as her ranking was not good enough for a direct entry so she won’t drop any points.

But on the flip side, Raducanu competed at the Washington DC Open in 2024 and she reached the quarter-final so her 108 points from that event will be scrapped after the Canadian Open. Raducanu, though, also competed at the 2025 edition in DC and reached the semi-final (195).

Confused?

Raducanu’s 195 points from the 2025 Washington run will be added to her tally when the WTA Rankings are updated on Monday, July 28, but her 108 points from 2024 will come off after the Canadian Open.

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