Overview
- Raducanu received a late wildcard into the WTA 500 Strasbourg Open for her first tournament since March after a post‑viral illness.
- She opens against French player Diane Parry in round one in her first event back with 2021 US Open coach Andrew Richardson.
- Madison Keys withdrew with a slight injury, and lucky loser Shuai Zhang took her place to reshape Raducanu’s projected second round toward Zhang or Cristina Bucsa.
- Former British No. 1 Tim Henman urged patience, saying time away makes it hard to regain match toughness and feel for big points right away.
- This week also serves as her clay tune‑up before Roland‑Garros, with her ranking around No. 37 leaving her outside the current seeding cut.