Overview
- Raducanu reached the Queen’s Club final and lost 6-0, 7-6 to Donna Vekic after a week that included a rain-affected double match day and visible thigh strapping.
- The run lifted her to world No.31, which projects her to be seeded at Wimbledon and marks one of her best stretches of form this season.
- Hours after the final she withdrew from the Nottingham Open, a decision that some commentators defended as sensible and others criticised as evidence of an unusually light playing schedule.
- Her reunion with coach Andrew Richardson drew praise from former players for restoring stability and sharper tennis on grass.
- Tabloid photographs of Raducanu with PR executive John Friend in Battersea Park have generated intense media attention and online debate about her private life just weeks before Wimbledon, adding off-court distraction to the on-court preparations.