EASTBOURNE, England — Emma Raducanu is in no rush lately.
The 2021 U.S. Open champion skipped the French Open and determined to not play at the Paris Olympics.
Raducanu despatched a message after beating Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-0 within the first spherical of the grass-court Eastbourne Worldwide on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old Raducanu wrote “My very own tempo” on a courtside TV digital camera at Devonshire Park.
Raducanu will likely be a wild-card entry for Wimbledon subsequent week after lacking final 12 months’s event due to hand and ankle accidents.
“I’m going to do issues by myself time,” she mentioned after beating Stephens, the 2017 champion at Flushing Meadows. “I’m in no rush to do something.”
She added that she’s “much less inclined to exterior opinions or views.”
Raducanu will subsequent face No. 5 Jessica Pegula, who gained the title on the Berlin Girls Open on Sunday.
On Monday, top-seeded Elena Rybakina withdrew from Eastbourne. She was the 2022 Wimbledon champion.
In males’s first-round play, Lorenzo Sonego beat Henry Searle 6-3, 6-2, and Emil Ruusuvuori defeated Cam Norrie 7-6 (9), 6-3.
