{"id":37052,"date":"2026-01-21T18:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=37052"},"modified":"2026-01-21T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:04:26","slug":"raducanu-to-re-evaluate-ao-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=37052","title":{"rendered":"Raducanu to ‘re-evaluate’ AO exit"},"content":{"rendered":"
Emma Raducanu said she will sit down to “re-evaluate” her game following a flat second-round exit at the Australian Open on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Briton won a stunning US Open crown as a teenage qualifier in 2021 but has not clinched a tour title since and has struggled for consistency and fitness.<\/p>\n

Her latest disappointment came with a sluggish 7-6 (7\/3), 6-2 loss to Austria’s Russia-born Anastasia Potapova at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n

The 28th seed Raducanu missed the chance to test herself against world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the third round.<\/p>\n

Raducanu admitted that she never felt comfortable on court against the 55th-ranked Potapova, despite being ahead 5-3 in the first set.<\/p>\n

“Just one of those days you don’t feel too good on the court,” said the 23-year-old, who has been managing a foot injury.<\/p>\n

Raducanu has had a low-key start to the year, bowing out in the quarter-finals of a warm-up tournament in a surprise straight-sets loss to 204th-ranked Taylah Preston.<\/p>\n

She also suffered defeat in her only singles match at the United Cup this month.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want to give myself too much of a hard time because I know my preparation going into this tournament,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I kind of have to leave with my head held high because of the matches I’ve had here.”<\/p>\n

Although searching for positives, Raducanu admitted she will take some time now to take stock.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think I’m going to get straight back on the practice court,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I think I’m going to take a few days, get back, get back home, and try and just re-evaluate my game a bit.”<\/p>\n

Pushed by reporters what she meant, and if she was not playing the style of tennis she wants, she said: “Yeah, I would say so.<\/p>\n

“I think I want to be playing a different way.<\/p>\n

“And I think the misalignment with how I’m playing right now and how I want to be playing is something that I just want to work on.”<\/p>\n

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No plan to renounce nationality<\/p>\n

Grand Slam champion Daniil Medvedev said on Wednesday he had no plans to follow a host of fellow Russian players and switch his nationality amid the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Since Moscow’s invasion in February 2022, a number of Russian players have distanced themselves from their homeland.<\/p>\n

Former world number eight Daria Kasatkina, now ranked 43, changed allegiance to Australia last March having criticised Russia’s attitude towards LGBTQ people.<\/p>\n

She also described the conflict as a “nightmare”.<\/p>\n

More recently, Anastasia Potapova announced that her application for Austrian citizenship had been accepted.<\/p>\n

But Medvedev, the 2021 US Open winner and Russia’s highest-profile player, said he would not be following suit.<\/p>\n

“I 100 percent understand and respect, because, you know, that’s something you can do basically, especially in sports,” he said at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

“It’s even maybe a bit easier than for other people.<\/p>\n

“I never really considered this,” added the 29-year-old, who was born in Moscow but lives in Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n

“Because I believe in where you are born is important.<\/p>\n

“But again, a lot of players change, and I’m friends with them. I’m friends with a lot of players in the locker room, so it’s their choice.”<\/p>\n

Russian and Belarusian players currently compete under a neutral white flag.<\/p>\n

Along with Kasatkina and Potapova, Russian-born Kamilla Rakhimova has switched allegiance to Ukbekistan, as has Maria Timofeeva.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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