Emma Raducanu returns to action at WTA Tour event in Doha

Emma Raducanu is back in action at the Qatar Open; 2021 US Open champion was beaten by Ons Jabeur in Abu Dhabi having made her Grand Slam return at the Australian Open; watch over 80 tournaments a year, including the US Open, exclusively live on Sky Sports Tennis

Emma Raducanu is back in action at the Qatar Open in Doha and you can watch her match against Anhelina Kalinina, live on the new Sky Sports Tennis channel.

The 2021 US Open champion has been showing positive signs having spent eight months out of action in 2023 after wrist and ankle surgeries.

The 21-year-old was hampered by a stomach bug during her loss at the Australian Open but her tennis was encouraging and she stepped up her comeback with victory over Marie Bouzkova in Abu Dhabi before being denied a spot in the quarter-finals by Ons Jabeur.

She received a wildcard into the Qatar Open on Friday where she has been drawn to face world No 32 Anhelina Kalinina in a tough opening round match, with former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko awaiting the winner.

Speaking on Sky Sports Tennis as the new channel launched, Raducanu said: “It’s been good for me to have a few matches under my belt now and in practice I’m really improving some specific areas technically. I think that is really helping me and now it’s just about implementing it more and more in matches. I started relatively recently after surgery, so it’s only been two months of me back on court.

I’ve been feeling really good physically. I did a lot of gym work at the end of last year when I couldn’t train but there have been no setbacks.”

Raducanu, who has reunited with childhood coach Nick Cavaday, added: “My main goal is to stay healthy injury-wise, sickness-wise, also another goal is consistency. One thing I needed to do after Australia was that I knew I had areas to develop and obviously when you start working with a new coach they implement new things, so you want to give yourself time to do that, but on the tour there is no time.

“In recent months I made a few technical tweaks so I mean to try and change something technically it’s difficult. You start with hand feeds, baskets, drilling, point play and then match play. I think I made some tweaks straight after Australia into Abu Dhabi and seeing them in the first-round match was a real positive for me. That’s a week of practice and seeing it come through was encouraging.”