Can Emma Raducanu rewrite the story after her 2025 WTA decision?
Emma Raducanu has the chance to address a 2025 setbackEmma Raducanu’s 2026 campaign hasn’t started as she’d hoped. After making it to the Transylvania Open final, her form dipped during a spell of illness that lingered longer than expected.
Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images Emma Raducanu has the chance to address a 2025 setback Emma Raducanu’s 2026 campaign hasn’t started as she’d hoped. After making it to the Transylvania Open final, her form dipped during a spell of illness that lingered longer than expected.
Most recently, Amanda Anisimova swept her aside 1-6, 1-6 in the third round at Indian Wells. As she took time to recover, fellow Brits stepped up in Melbourne. Jack Draper was one win short of the men’s singles title, and Andy Murray, still going strong at 38, claimed his fifth Australian Open crown.
Now, Raducanu has a chance to put things right from last year. Raducanu urged to join the Billie Jean King Cup finals for Great Britain Photo by Flaviu Buboi/NurPhoto via Getty Images Great Britain pulled off an upset in the Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round. Katie Boulter, Sonay Kartal, and Francesca Jones were all absent for the tie against Australia, but the British team still found a way through, winning 3-1 to book their place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
Mika Stojsavljevic, 17, kicked things off with a win over world number 76 Talia Gibson 7-6, 7-5. Harriet Dart then followed up by upsetting Kimberley Birrell in three sets: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Dart and Jodie Burrage capped off the upset with a doubles victory over Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez 6-3, 6-4.