The event within the Center East is the second WTA 1000 occasion of the yr.
Emma Raducanu retired within the first spherical of the latest Doha Open (Picture: Getty)
Emma Raducanu has been handed a brutal draw on the Dubai Championships, because the Brit gears up for the second WTA 1000 occasion of the yr. She retired from her first-round match in opposition to Camila Osorio on the final 1000 event in Qatar.
It got here simply days after Raducanu reached the ultimate of the Transylvania Open, however misplaced in straight units to Romanian Sorana Cirstea. Raducanu might be hoping to get her season again on observe when she travels to Dubai, however she’ll have to beat some large names if the 23-year-old is to go deep within the competitors.
Qualifier Elisabetta Cocciaretto is first up for Raducanu in Dubai, with the 2021 US Open winner having at the least averted a seeded participant in spherical two. Ought to she progress to the second spherical, it is going to be both Moyuka Uchijima or Karolina Muchova.
However that’s when issues start to look difficult, as it’s going to probably be the recently-crowned Australian Open champion, Elena Rybakina, within the third spherical. That’s if the two-time Grand Slam winner comes by way of her conflict with both Tatjana Maria or Kimberly Birrell.
“Maybe I’ll have to decide on some tournaments and skip them, even when they’re obligatory. The WTA has made this a insanity with all these obligatory guidelines. It’s unattainable to suit all the pieces within the calendar. I don’t suppose any elite participant can handle it.”
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