{"id":640411,"date":"2026-06-15T20:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/640411\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T20:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:05:16","slug":"emma-raducanu-withdraws-from-tournament-hours-after-losing-queens-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/640411\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu withdraws from tournament hours after losing Queen’s final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the Nottingham Open only a day after her defeat to Donna Vekic in the Queen’s final.<\/p>\n

The British No.1 had an impressive run at the London-based tournament, putting a difficult start to the year behind her.<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Raducanu has not played on the WTA Tour for two months after battling a post-viral infection<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old has improved by 11 places in the world rankings to No.31 following her WTA final appearance.<\/p>\n

The HSBC Championship marked a career-first grass-court final, however, she missed her chance to claim a second title following her maiden crown at the US Open<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n

Raducanu, in front of a home crowd, was no match for the Croatian as she was dominantly defeated 6-0, 6-7 (8-6).<\/p>\n

Vekic took the first set in just 29 minutes as Raducanu went into the second with little motivation, yet managed to fight back, forcing it to a tie-breaker.<\/p>\n

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The 23-year-old powered through a two-match Saturday<\/a> and did not drop a set until the showdown.<\/p>\n

The top-ranked Brit entered the game wearing a significant amount of strapping on the inside of her left thigh, which she removed in the opening set.<\/p>\n

After her impressive route to the final, she said: “What a week!\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It has been an incredible week for me, making the final here in my home city, at my home tournament.<\/p>\n

“The support I have received has been incredible, so I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone.<\/p>\n

“Today was a really tough match. Donna played extremely well from the start to the finish.<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/a><\/p>\n

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It was a runner-up finish for Raducanu despite an incredible fightbackCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

“Thank you for getting me through some tough moments again and for helping me push back in that second set.”<\/p>\n

Focus on Wimbledon<\/p>\n

After a busy schedule, she has now decided not to take part in the Midlands event, where she has no ranking points to defend.<\/p>\n

Prior to Queen’s, Raducanu had only one win under her belt since March, after struggling with illness.<\/a><\/p>\n

She missed major tournaments including the Miami Open<\/a>, Madrid Open, Italian Open<\/a> and Linz Open.<\/p>\n

However, all eyes are now focused on Wimbledon<\/a> which starts on June 29, with her Queen’s final appearance hopefully securing a seeding for the Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n

Raducanu reunited with Andrew Richardson<\/a> in May, the coach who guided her to US Open glory.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Richardson only recently returned to her corner after a high-profile exit in 2021Credit: Getty<\/p>\n

Despite taking aim at him during the final<\/a>, telling him ‘Say something, you’re saying nothing’, the partnership has still proved successful.<\/p>\n

In her on-court interview, she added: “My team have helped me through some really sticky situations in the past few months, and it honestly means the world to me for them to believe unconditionally. I wouldn’t be here also without them.<\/p>\n

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“I haven’t really played much this season, but to think I have made two finals so far, which I haven’t done in years, it has to be kind of, in a way, celebrated, and it’s a good achievement for me and I’m proud of it.”<\/p>\n

Her next tournament is scheduled to be the Eastbourne Open, starting June 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the Nottingham Open only a day after her defeat to Donna Vekic in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[216045,216049,216043,216050,216047,216042,216051,216044,101,118,56,54,55,216048,216046],"class_list":["post-640411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-andrew-richardson-coach-emma-raducanu-reunion","tag-andy-murray-arena-queens-club","tag-donna-vekic-emma-raducanu-queens-final-2026","tag-eastbourne-open-tennis-emma-raducanu-schedule","tag-emma-raducanu-injury-thigh-strapping","tag-emma-raducanu-nottingham-open-withdrawal","tag-emma-raducanu-post-viral-illness-recovery","tag-emma-raducanu-world-ranking-update","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wimbledon-2026-seeds-draw-list","tag-wta-grass-court-finals-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640411","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=640411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}