Emma Raducanu may be just one win away from a hugely significant rankings breakthrough, as she looks to make her mark on grass courts once again.<\/p>\n
The 2021 US Open champion is one of the star attractions at this week\u2019s HSBC Championships in London, as the brand new WTA 500 tournament is being played out in front of big crowds at The Queen\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n
Raducanu<\/a> has plenty of ranking points to defend over the next few weeks, as she reached the semi-finals at the Nottingham Open, the quarter-finals at Eastbourne and the last 16 at Wimbledon during the 2024 grass court season.<\/p>\n Yet she has entered a second WTA 500 tournament in Berlin next week and if she does well in Germany and at Queen\u2019s, she could lead ahead of Katie Boulter and reclaim the British No 1 ranking.<\/p>\n Raducanu will move above Boulter in the live WTA Rankings if she wins her first round match at Queen\u2019s against Spanish star Cristina Bucsa.<\/p>\n Points and money earned by Gauff, Sabalenka, Swiatek, Boisson, Raducanu, Eala at French Open<\/a><\/p>\n 2025 WTA Queen\u2019s Club points and prize money: How many points are Raducanu and Boulter dropping?<\/a><\/p>\n She could then move towards the top 32 of the rankings if she goes on good run in her next two events, which would be enough to earn a seeding for Wimbledon.<\/p>\n Raducanu and Boulter\u2019s battle for the British No 1 ranking is heating up, but they are not allowing that scuffle to affect their growing friendship and the duo team up impressively to win a first round double match at The Queen\u2019s Club on Monday.<\/p>\n Now the duo are focusing on their singles matches and Raducanu will be hoping her body holds up after she suffered with back spasms that have hampered her ambitions in recent weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cI have had a small interruption with a back spasm again so that was a bit annoying,\u201d revealed Raducani.<\/p>\n \u201cThat kind of hindered my grass prep, but the last few days I have managed to get on the grass and just begin to feel my feet.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t really predict the future, and how it\u2019s going to be. I know I\u2019ve been managing my back for the last few weeks now.<\/p>\n \u201cIt can be frustrating. When I was playing in Strasbourg in my \u00adsecond\u2011round match it definitely hindered me, and in the first round in Paris when I got through. But I try not to let it get to me. I just have to manage it and take care of it when things happen.<\/p>\n \u201cOverall, I just have to manage what I can take care of and if these things happen, I just need to deal with it and just keep doing the right things<\/p>\n \u201cBut I try not to let it get to me, because I think I have a pretty good feel of when it happens what to do and how to manage it. It does take a few days out, but all I can do is kind of deal with what\u2019s in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n Raducanu is stepping back into the spotlight in her English homeland after a challenging year that included an incident involving a fan displaying \u2018fixated behaviour\u2019 towards her in Dubai back in February.<\/p>\n She spoke to the BBC about the incident and how it has left a lasting impact on her.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve definitely noticed a difference in how people are watching my back when I\u2019m on the site [at tournaments],\u201d said Raducanu<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m obviously wary when I go out. I try not to be careless about it because you only realise how much of a problem it is when you\u2019re in that situation and I don\u2019t necessarily want to be in that situation again.<\/p>\n \u201cBut off the court right now, I feel good. I feel pretty settled. I feel like I have good people around me and anything that was kind of negative I\u2019m just like trying to brush it off as much as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: French Open WTA Winners & Losers: Coco Gauff shines as Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek rue missed chances<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Emma Raducanu may be one win away from a huge rankings breakthrough at Queen\u2019s Club<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Raducanu may be just one win away from a hugely significant rankings breakthrough, as she looks to make her mark on grass courts once again. 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