Emma Raducanu has not obtained 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 at present the fourth alternate into the principle draw at Roland Garros however the Briton could possibly 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 shelling out a complete of 30 to homegrown expertise throughout the principle draw and qualifying, with solely Ajla Tomljanovic, Sachia Vickery, Nicolas Moreno de Alboran and Adam Walton being the exception.
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