Raducanu doing things 'a little bit differently' before US Open

Emma Raducanu says she will ever do things "a small spot differently" arsenic she prepares for conscionable her 2nd US Open lucifer since winning nan title arsenic a teenage qualifier successful 2021.

The 21-year-old will play American chap Grand Slam champion Sofia Kenin successful nan first information connected Tuesday, pinch sixth seed Jessica Pegula a imaginable second-round force for nan winner.

Raducanu reached nan 4th information of Wimbledon successful July, but having opted to miss nan Olympics, has only played 1 tourney successful nan six weeks since.

"I really wanted to play successful Toronto, particularly because I was calved there, but nan turnaround was excessively tight for qualifying," she told BBC Sport.

"I would person had to play connected Sunday and I vanished [in Washington] precocious Friday night, truthful flying location and adjusting I conscionable felt was excessively tight.

"Otherwise, I conscionable ever do things a small spot differently."

Raducanu reached nan quarter-finals successful Washington, wherever she mislaid to nan eventual champion Paula Badosa.

With a travel to Toronto ruled out, Cincinnati was nan adjacent opportunity to proceed a summertime tally which has brought 10 wins successful her past 4 tournaments.

But a wildcard was not forthcoming, and nan world number 71 decided against entering qualifying.

She says she is not averse to playing astatine that level, though has not done truthful since winning successful New York 3 years ago.

"I deliberation playing qualies is not thing that I americium against, because if you get done those 2 rounds you consciousness you're adjusted to nan court," she said.

"If you're playing a seed, you person a amended oculus for nan ball, a amended consciousness - it's not that I americium against it astatine all.

"It was conscionable that I would person beautiful overmuch had to hold astir conscionable for 1 tourney successful qualies and past different week disconnected earlier nan US Open - truthful I deliberation it was a amended determination we each made to conscionable spell backmost and activity connected things there."

Raducanu's ranking whitethorn soon beryllium precocious capable to return qualifying retired of nan equation. And if she stays wounded free, past expect her to play a bully tally of tournaments successful Asia successful nan autumn.

Wildcards - should she request them - will beryllium readily disposable successful China because of her heritage, and pinch her fluent Mandarin and nan comfortableness she finds successful her surroundings, it is simply a bully opportunity to decorativeness nan play strongly.

Raducanu's tally to nan past 16 astatine Wimbledon was comfortably her champion astatine a Grand Slam since her US Open triumph.

She and Jack Draper are nan young British players champion placed to capable nan void near by Andy Murray, who retired astatine nan Olympics.

Raducanu was group to play mixed doubles pinch three-time Grand Slam champion Murray astatine Wimbledon, but pulled retired erstwhile nan schedule threatened to discuss her singles aspirations.

And astatine nan first awesome since then, Raducanu says it does not consciousness immoderate different without nan erstwhile world number 1 around.

"Tennis is unforgiving successful that sense, nary matter who you are," she said.

"It conscionable moves on. There's ever different match, there's ever different tournament. Of people Andy has achieved astonishing things - I watched him triumph this tourney - but it's a accelerated pace, conscionable for illustration life is. It's aged news nan adjacent day."