Emma Raducanu might have crushed each Naomi Osaka and Maria Sakkari final 12 months, however insists she expects "very tough matches" when she faces the 2 on the United Cup.
This 12 months, the top-ranked British feminine tennis participant is making her United Cup debut. Nice Britain landed in Group E in Perth, the place they tackle Japan and Greece.
On Sunday, Nice Britain kicks off its United Cup marketing campaign when Raducanu clashes towards Osaka. The next day, the British facet will meet Greece, and that's when the 2021 US Open champion will tackle Sakkari.
Towards Osaka, Raducanu has solely performed as soon as as far as she gained their 2025 Washington assembly 6-4 6-2. The Briton is far more conversant in Sakkari, towards whom she owns a 4-0 head-to-head report and has by no means misplaced a set of their conferences.
Raducanu on dealing with Osaka, Sakkari: I'm anticipating robust ones… I simply hope to do my finest
"Very tough matches. I performed each of them final 12 months. Actually tough. Clearly Naomi had a fantastic finish to the season as effectively. I'm anticipating robust ones. Yeah, simply hope to provide all of it and do my finest," the world No. 29 mentioned in her pre-tournament press convention.
Within the earlier years, Raducanu opted to start out her season in Auckland. However this 12 months, the 23-year-old determined to do one thing a bit in another way.
"I believe it's an effective way to start out the 12 months being a part of a group surroundings. It's just a little bit simpler to type of settle into the 12 months, which is so aggressive and particular person. It's good to share this with the group. All of us get on very well and have been having a good time off the court docket and on the court docket. It's good to be part of that, and it's such a change from what we normally do," Raducanu defined.
