Emma Raducanu has revealed she is in a \u201cpretty good place\u201d as she reflected on her 2025 campaign and looked ahead to next year.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old is currently the world No 29, which is her highest ranking position since the points from her 2021 US Open title win dropped in September 2022.<\/p>\n
Raducanu<\/a> was ranked 60th as recently as March 16 this year, but she kickstarted her season with her run to the quarter-finals of the Miami Open that month and finished the year with a 28-22 record.<\/p>\n The Brit\u2019s other standout results were reaching the semi-finals at the WTA 500 tournament in Washington in July and the last 16 at the Italian Open in May.<\/p>\n In an interview on the BBC Today Programme, Raducanu declared that she was feeling \u201crelaxed\u201d ahead of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel quite content with how things are going on and off the court. I\u2019m in a pretty good place,\u201d said the former world No 10.<\/p>\n \u201cI just think, despite any challenges I have been facing with the foot or the health at the end of the season, I feel in a good place, and I\u2019m building back in the gym, to start with.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I\u2019m feeling pretty relaxed ahead of next year, which is a good place to be. And I\u2019m just proud of the season that I put in this year and the progress I have made.\u201d<\/p>\n Emma Raducanu facing rankings peril as opportunity knocks for Victoria Mboko and Alex Eala<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Tim Henman issues Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper update ahead of United Cup campaign<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Asked what helped her be healthy and play week in week out in 2025, Raducanu said: \u201cI think actually doing it and putting yourself in a position to do it rather than necessarily having in your head, I\u2019m gonna go home \u2014 that helped.<\/p>\n \u201cI would say that next year, I hope to play less than I did this year.\u00a0But I think also just incorporating into my warm-ups, fitness, so it\u2019s not necessarily just my fitness sessions are like separate.<\/p>\n \u201cYou just have to try and drip feed as much as you can in for the overall health of your body, little and often, I think is the biggest thing that\u2019s helped.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd most of all, I think I found a lot more peace with myself and I\u2019m a lot happier with how I\u2019m approaching my tennis and how I\u2019m approaching the team that I have and just what I\u2019m doing and the environment that I have.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s the most special thing because it takes so much work and so many days to get to where we want to be. And just enjoying each day and being able to look at it in a pretty healthy perspective is so important.\u201d<\/p>\n Raducanu also expressed her gratitude at being able to spend Christmas at home with her family in England this year.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the first Christmas that I will be in the UK since Covid, so that is extremely exciting for me, because the calendar starts a week later, which I\u2019m very grateful for,\u201d Raducanu said.<\/p>\n \u201cThat means I will be able to be with my family for Christmas for the first time in a while, so that\u2019s really special. But of course the tour is incredibly demanding, and then once we are off, we\u2019re off for a long time. So just make the most out of the time in the UK while I can.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Emma Raducanu adds tournament to her schedule as she chases early 2026 rankings breakthrough<\/a> The post Emma Raducanu makes revealing comment about\u00a0wanting to \u2018play less\u2019 in 2026<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Raducanu has revealed she is in a \u201cpretty good place\u201d as she reflected on her 2025 campaign and looked ahead to next year. The 23-year-old is currently the world No 29, which is her highest ranking position since the points from her 2021 US Open title win dropped in September 2022. 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