Emma Raducanu has yet feature in a WTA Tour event on Japanese soil, but fans could see her compete in the Asian country for the first time this year following her sponsorship agreement with Uniqlo.<\/p>\n
The 2021 US Open winner has become the latest high-profile player to join the Japanese giant with the company confirming this week that she has joined as a global ambassador<\/a> and will work alongside the likes of tennis stars Roger Federer and Shingo Kunieda, and Academy-Award-winning actor Cate Blanchett, to promote Uniqlo\u2019s LifeWear philosophy.<\/p>\n The British player remains a big drawcard across the globe despite her lack of success in recent years and Uniqlo will no doubt entice their latest ambassador to play in the two biggest women\u2019s tennis tournaments in Japan during the Asia swing later this year.<\/p>\n Those events are the WTA 250 Japan Open, which runs from October 19-25 in Osaka, and the WTA 500 Pan Pacific Open that will take place in Tokyo from October 26 until November 1.<\/p>\n Raducanu<\/a> has in the past signed up for Chinese events like the Ningbo Open and Guangzhou Open that usually take place at the same time as the Japanese tournaments, but things are likely to change now that she is a Uniqlo ambassador.<\/p>\n \u201cI really hope this year that I\u2019ll be able to make the tournaments,\u201d the 23-year-old said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would be my first time playing a tournament in Japan, but it\u2019s something that I really want to do, and it would be a first.\u201d<\/p>\n Emma Raducanu News<\/p>\n Emma Raducanu reveals full-circle moment involving her mother as she takes on new Uniqlo role<\/a><\/p>\n