Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast<\/a>, and Raducanu has come in for some debate. <\/p>\nRaducanu is currently number 32 in the world, and she will undoubtedly be looking to scale the same heights that she did in 2022 when she reached a career high of number 10. <\/p>\n
Stubbs spotted something during her defeat to Pegula, however, that should give her supporters encouragement that she can get back to her best. <\/p>\n
She said: \u201cI have to say Emma Raducanu, although she did not beat Jessica Pegula, she had three match points to win that match, and the tennis was fantastic from the beginning.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Emma has gotten so much better with this new coach now, working on things, and she is on the cusp of breaking through again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would argue that she is back as a top 20 player. I feel like she is in the top 20 category, and I really think the way that she pushed Pegula. It was great tennis.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like Jess might be really tough to beat now after that. Because when you are down match points, you feel like you are playing with house money.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I certainly think Jess will be really tough to beat. The Asia swing tends to be really quick on the court.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would argue that Emma, having her back inside the top 20 and really pushing these players [is good].<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was watching that match, I thought maybe Emma could make another semi in a major and maybe even a final, if she keeps playing like this.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of parts of her game that can get even better, so when you have won a major title before, you know how to do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I would not have said two years ago that she would make it back inside the top 10, but I actually do think she can make it back inside the top 10.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raducanu can enjoy a brilliant 2026<\/p>\n
Raducanu should now benefit from being back in the world\u2019s top 32, as it should, in theory, allow her to progress further in major tournaments. <\/p>\n
During 2025, Raducanu has typically come up against top players in either her first or second match and given her recent injury history, that has proved problematic. <\/p>\n
Raducanu knows she can win a major title, having lifted the US Open against the odds in 2021, and she will want to get back towards that level of the game. <\/p>\n
At 22, there is time on her side and her recent performances \u2013 albeit ending in defeat \u2013 should give Raducanu the confidence she needs to kick on further next year. <\/p>\n
As a previous Grand Slam winner, Raducanu won\u2019t take too much heart from the losses to top 10 players but there is a genuine sense now that she can mix it with the game\u2019s very best. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a strange few weeks for Emma Raducanu as she looks to end 2025 with a flourish.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[1701,99,428,654],"class_list":["post-197005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-emma-raducanu","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-wta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Photo by China Open Official 2025\/VCG via Getty ImagesRennae Stubbs changes her mind on Emma Raducanu after Jessica Pegula defeat<\/p>\n