Emma Raducanu would not need to make any clear predictions for her 2025 season because the Briton suggests even she just isn’t fairly certain about what is feasible and simply needs to “discover” issues this 12 months.
In 2024, the 22-year-old loved a stable post-surgery comeback, making one WTA semifinal and ending the season simply exterior the top-60 on the planet.
Whereas Raducanu proved final season that she might make some stable outcomes, there are larger expectations on her than simply making an occasional deep run and being ranked across the top-50 on the planet.
”I always set objectives and re-evaluate however for subsequent 12 months my outlook and strategy is genuinely similar to exploring how far I can go, how a lot of my potential I can attain,” the 22-year-old defined in Auckland.
“I don’t suppose it’s like a one 12 months – ‘yeah, I’ve hit it, you understand, I’m going to hit all of it this 12 months’. [I’ve] bought myself into a spot the place I can get into tournaments with my rating and now it’s nearly pushing on and seeing how far I can go.”
Raducanu’s 2025 season began in a destructive approach
Within the offseason, the Briton employed Maria Sharapova’s former long-time health coach Yutaka Nakamura to assist her get stronger and reduce the danger of accidents.
However then, she was pressured to withdraw from her very first scheduled event of the 12 months in Auckland attributable to a again harm.
In her message, Raducanu mentioned it was a not too long ago contracted niggle and insisted that she did her finest to play however simply did not make it.
Except she accepts a wildcard into a few of subsequent week’s WTA tournaments, the previous world No. 10 will presumably enter the Australian Open with none matches performed.
Anyway, it was not the beginning of the 12 months that Raducanu desired.