Former champion Caroline Wozniacki has been awarded a wildcard for the Australian Open however Emma Raducanu has missed out on the preliminary batch.
Raducanu has a protected rating of 103 resulting from her prolonged absence from the tour following operations on each wrists and one ankle however that’s not at present excessive sufficient to safe entry to subsequent month’s grand slam event.
The 21-year-old’s standing as a former slam champion and one of the high-profile feminine gamers within the sport counts in her favour however most wildcards often go to dwelling gamers.
If Raducanu shouldn’t be given a wildcard, and there aren’t enough withdrawals amongst higher-ranked gamers to safe her place, she must undergo qualifying – the avenue by which she sensationally triumphed on the US Open in 2021.
The good news is, after doubts in regards to the tempo of her restoration, she has stepped up coaching in latest weeks and seems on observe to return in the beginning of subsequent season.
Raducanu has not performed a event for the reason that WTA occasion in Stuttgart in April and her precise rating has fallen to 296.
That is 54 locations decrease than former world NO.1 Wozniacki, who got here out of retirement final summer season following a three-and-a-half-year hiatus by which she had two kids.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
