Emma Raducanu says everything on and off the court clicked for her in Miami as she is feeling great about her game but also doing pretty well outside of the court.
After picking up a sixth defeat in the past seven matches in Indian Wells, the Briton decided to end her trial period with coach Vladimir Platenik after just two weeks. Considering how the 2025 season had gone up until that moment, it didn't look promising for the world No. 60 in Miami.
But then, Raducanu won four matches in a row for the first time since the 2021 US Open and has been through to her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal in South Beach.
In Miami, she is being accompanied by Jane O'Donough and Mark Petchey - two very familiar faces who worked with her even before the world got to know about her.
Raducanu: I have come a long way in the last week
Ive come a long way in the last week, I think, since Indian Wells. I wasnt necessarily feeling great about my tennis, about everything. But this week I have, yeah, some really good people around me who I trust and who I have fun with off the court as well, and that is extremely important," the 22-year-old told Sky Sports after dismantling Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-3.
When I play my best I am definitely authentic, true to myself and creative. I feel when I am boxed into a regimented way then I am not able to express myself in the same way. So Im happy with how I realized that this week.
Raducanu didn't only make her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal in Miami but she also collected her first top-10 hard-court when she edged out Emma Navarro in the second round.
So far so good for Raducanu, who plays against world No. 4 Jessica Pegula for a place in the semifinal. Raducanu has already beaten Pegula once as she ended victorious in their Eastbourne match last summer.
