{"id":414760,"date":"2026-02-08T15:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/414760\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:04:33","slug":"who-is-emma-raducanus-next-opponent-briton-set-for-qatar-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/414760\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Emma Raducanu&#8217;s next opponent? Briton set for Qatar Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a straight-sets defeat at the Transylvania Open, Emma Raducanu turns her attention to the Qatar Open which begins this week.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is seeking a quick recovery after a resounding 0-6, 2-6 defeat to Sorana Cirstea in what was her first singles final since the 2021 US Open.<\/p>\n<p>But there is little time for Raducanu to rest as she is scheduled to appear in the round of 64 of the Watar Oprn that begins on Monday in Doha.<\/p>\n<p>There are also fitness concerns with Raducanu playing the Romanian final just 24 hours after her semi-final civvotu. The effect of such a schedule was notable with the Briton taking a medical break after losing the first and a doctor was seen testing her blood pressure on-court.<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu has not pulled out of the Qatar Open as it stands so this is who she will play first up:<\/p>\n<p>Who is Emma Raducanu\u2019s next opponent?<\/p>\n<p>After her disappearance in Romania, Raducanu\u2019s next opponent is World No.80 Camila Osorio.<\/p>\n<p>The Colombian is just 13 months older than her British counterpart and currently has a record of 224 wins to 143 losses in her singles career.<\/p>\n<p>Osorio has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour so far all of which came in her home country as she won a streak of Copa Colsanitas trophies.<\/p>\n<p>This year, she has already won the Philippine Women\u2019s Open but was defeated in her first round of the Australian Open, losing 4-6, 7-5, 5-7 to Ann Li.<\/p>\n<p>MORE ON RADUCANU ON T365<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/emma-raducanu-prize-money-rankings-update-transylvania-open-final-defeat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Raducanu prize money and rankings update after Transylvania Open defeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/what-does-emma-raducanu-want-tennis-court-tournaments\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018What does Emma Raducanu want for herself on a tennis court and in tournaments?\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have the pair faced each other before?<\/p>\n<p>This is will be a familiar match-up as the two have already met this year at the Hobart International in January.<\/p>\n<p>During their Round of 32 tie, Raducanu was the winner via a 6-3, 7-6 scoreline in what was their second match together.<\/p>\n<p>The first meeting came back in 2022 at the Washington Open in which Raducanu again won, this time by a scoreline of 7-6, 7-6 in the round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>What is Emma Raducanu\u2019s record at the Qatar Open?<\/p>\n<p>This will be Raducanu\u2019s third entry to this tournament but she has yet to make it past the first round.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, she was a wildcard entry but lost to Anhelina Kalinina, including a first set bagel.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, she again took part as a wildcard entry but lost 3-6, 5-7 to Ekaterina Alexandrova.<\/p>\n<p>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/rotterdam-open-entry-list-alex-de-minaur-takes-top-seed-as-stan-warwinka-given-wildcard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rotterdam Open entry list: Alex de Minaur takes top seed as Stan Warwinka given wildcard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a straight-sets defeat at the Transylvania Open, Emma Raducanu turns her attention to the Qatar Open which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-414760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}