Emma Raducanu will play on the Kooyong Basic exhibition occasion forward of the beginning of the Australian Open on Sunday January 16.
Having been out for 9 months on account of surgical procedures on each wrists and to her left ankle, Raducanu made her return this month on the Auckland Basic.
After marking her return with victory towards Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Raducanu was denied a quarter-final place by second seed Elina Svitolina.
Raducanu gained the opening set, producing the kind of gorgeous kind she confirmed on her approach to profitable the US Open as a qualifier in 2021, however couldn’t shut out the match in a second-set tiebreak, earlier than Svitolina’s superior conditioning advised in a one-sided decider.
The 21-year-old says her comeback performances after a protracted harm layoff have given her “a lot of confidence” and that there’s “a lot more to come” as she prepares for the Australian Open.
“I think I can take away that my level was pretty high for two sets, two long sets which lasted like two hours and 15 minutes,” she stated.
“I am fairly happy with how shortly I used to be capable of get my stage up to have the ability to compete with Elina.
“I think that she gives you nothing. You really have to win the match and win the sets and I think I did that really well in the first set and then in the second set I had a few chances in the breaker. I did the exact same, I went for my shots, which got me the first set, but I just missed them, so that was it.”
Svitolina, who ended 2023 as one of many kind gamers on the tour having returned to motion after giving delivery, in contrast the extent of the competition to her gorgeous quarter-final victory over world No 1 Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon final 12 months.
“I’m pretty pleased that she compared it to that,” Raducanu stated. “I know it’s the start of a very long season for me and I’m looking forward to reflecting on the year and having this as a starting point.
“After all it does (give me confidence).
“With the limited time I’ve had in comparison to her, and in the gym, she’s been around a long time and achieved so much and I think she’s known on tour as one of the physically best players out there and end of second set and third set I don’t think I really saw a second serve, so she really raised it when it mattered.
“However it for positive offers me a number of confidence and looking out ahead to in time with extra matches, extra observe, extra fitness center classes, seeing the place I can go from there.”
During her time in Auckland, Raducanu received the significant boost of being promoted from the qualifying to the main draw at the Australian Open following withdrawals by other players.
“I am trying ahead to this season, it is just the start. It is week one – much more to come back.”