Emma Raducanu has not acquired a wild card into this yr’s French Open, that means she is more likely to enter qualifying subsequent week having already pulled out of the Internationaux de Strasbourg.
The 21-year-old former US Open champion is presently the fourth alternate into the primary draw at Roland Garros however the Briton might be pressured into taking part in qualifying at a Grand Slam for the primary time since her historic US Open triumph in 2021.
There have been additionally shock exclusions for two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki and two-time French Open finalist Dominic Thiem.
French Open organisers traditionally solely hand out wild playing cards to French gamers and so they have continued with custom by dispensing a complete of 30 to homegrown expertise throughout the primary draw and qualifying, with solely Ajla Tomljanovic, Sachia Vickery, Nicolas Moreno de Alboran and Adam Walton being the exception.
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