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Emma Raducanu has been unusually quiet on social media in recent weeks, fuelling a debate over why she is not competing on a tennis court.
After opting against playing at the Paris Olympics, 2021 US Open champion Raducanu went chasing WTA Ranking points on American hard courts at the WTA 500 tournament in Washington.
That decision reaped some rewards as she made it through to the quarter-finals and started her US hard court campaign in encouraging fashion before losing against Paula Badosa.
It appeared to be a great platform to push for more, but Raducanu has not been seen on a tennis court since, so what has the British star been up to ahead of the US Open?
What we know
Raducanu was initially listed as an entrant in qualifying for the WTA 1000 event in Toronto last week, but she opted against playing in Canada after failure to get a wildcard into the main draw.
This was not the first time Raducanu opted out of playing in qualifying this year, as she made a similar decision to skip the French Open when she was not given a wildcard into the Grand Slam tournament in Paris.
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Unless she plays in the WTA 250 event in Cleaveland next week, her lack of activity means she will only have played three matches on US hard courts ahead of the US Open, leaving her worryingly under-prepared for the tournament she won three years ago.
Raducanu’s silence
There has been no word from the Raducanu camp on her next move, with the growing assumption that her next event will be the US Open.
Her latest Instagram post showed images of her enjoying her summertime but did not feature any images of her on a tennis court or any reference to the US Open.
Raducanu has qualified for the New York major after boosting her ranking during the grass court season in Britain, but her lack of court time has to be a concern if she is flying back to America to play at Flushing Meadows.
