Emma Raducanu lost her first match back on the WTA Tour for more than two months with a straight-sets loss to Diane Parry in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n
The 2021 US Open champion last played in March at Indian Wells, before being sidelined with a post-viral illness.<\/p>\n
Just when it seemed the 23-year-old would make her return to the tour at the Italian Open, Raducanu<\/a> pulled out less than an hour after her pre-tournament press conference.<\/p>\n Since then, she has reunited with former coach Andrew Richardson, who guided her to a US Open<\/a> triumph nearly five years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n But her wait for another win on the WTA Tour<\/a> goes on after losing 6-4 7-6 (4) to wildcard Parry on Tuesday. So, how does this result affect her ranking heading into the French Open<\/a>?<\/p>\n EXCLUSIVE:\u00a0Emma Raducanu gets verdict on her physical struggles from leading expert after post-viral issues<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Emma Raducanu has made an important decision \u2013 what comes next could define her future in tennis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n After being absent for months now, Raducanu\u2019s ranking has, naturally, taken a hit.\u00a0On paper, this is a match she should be winning, with Parry only just inside the world\u2019s top 100 \u2013 although her career high is 48.<\/p>\n But the Frenchwoman is coming off the back of a WTA 125 Paris win last week and looked the more composed of the two players.<\/p>\n Raducanu, on the other hand, was struggling for consistency and rhythm, as the Brit made nine double faults and had a second serve win percentage of 36.7.<\/p>\n She did, however, save 16 of 21 break points she faced but converted just four of her nine opportunities on Parry\u2019s serve.<\/p>\n The fact that she broke back when Parry served for the match in the second set, and how she battled for more than 2hrs 30 on court, will be a source of positivity for Raducanu.<\/p>\n Heading into Roland Garros, she is currently at 37th in the live rankings, which means she will be unseeded in Paris.<\/p>\n The Bromley-born player has never been past the second round at the French Open and after having just one match before the tournament, she has not had ideal preparation.<\/p>\n But the former world No 10 may be targeting more success during the grass court season, where she tends to be more of a threat.<\/p>\n GO DEEPER: Wimbledon prize money move may keep WTA and ATP stars \u2018quiet\u2019 amid boycott calls<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post What will Emma Raducanu\u2019s ranking be for the French Open? Brit suffers Strasbourg setback on WTA Tour return<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Raducanu lost her first match back on the WTA Tour for more than two months with a straight-sets loss to Diane Parry in Strasbourg. The 2021 US Open champion last played in March at Indian Wells, before being sidelined with a post-viral illness. Just when it seemed the 23-year-old would make her return to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Emma Raducanu news<\/h2>\n