Emma Raducanu has pulled out of French Open qualifying which is about to happen from Monday.
Raducanu appeared on the qualifying entry listing for the Open on Saturday however has now been eliminated. There has not been a cause given for her withdrawal.
With out participating in qualifying, she would want three gamers to tug out from the principle draw to achieve a spot at Roland Garros.
Raducanu stated: “It’s important for me to keep laying on the foundations and I will use the time to do a healthy block before the grass and subsequent hard court seasons to give myself a chance to keep fit for the rest of the year.”
Ranked 221st on this planet, Raducanu eliminated herself from the listing on Saturday. Qualifying begins at 9am UK time on Monday.
The 21-year-old has a protected rating of 103rd as a result of surgical procedure she had on her wrist and ankle in 2023, nevertheless it’s not excessive sufficient to earn her an automated spot in the principle draw.
Raducanu, 21, missed out on a wild card for the event with organisers favouring French gamers.
She has not performed aggressive tennis since her first-round loss on the Madrid Open the place she suffered a primary spherical straight-sets defeat to Maria Lourdes Carle.
Raducanu on criticism and gender pay hole
In a current interview with The Occasions, Raducanu spoke about receiving criticism about her off-court commitments.
“There are those who see me doing a shoot or posing for a commercial and they don’t see the seven hours before that at the training centre, doing physio, gym, hitting balls. But if on a rare evening I go to a premiere and I get photographed, that’s my downtime.”
The Brit additionally spoke concerning the gender pay hole on tour, saying feminine gamers are underappreciated.
Iga Swiatek will obtain much less in prize cash than her male counterpart in Rome
The Italian Open being performed in Rome this week is providing £550,000 to its feminine champion, in comparison with round £750,000 to the winner of the boys’s event.
“A lot of women’s players are technically better,” she stated. “They rely on speed, agility and brain rather than brute strength. The prize money gap is huge on the ATP tour, which I don’t necessarily think is fair, but equally playing three sets in the slams is a lot better than the men’s five, which is brutal.”
Qualifying begins on Monday and the French Open begins on Sunday, Might 26.
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