Overview
- Raducanu defeated Anna Blinkova 6-0, 6-3 at Queen’s Club to open her grass season and end a multi-month drought.
- The match, played on Tuesday, was her first tour victory since Indian Wells on 6 March and lasted about one hour.
- She has reunited with former coach Andrew Richardson and said they are ‘getting our heads down and working’ to rebuild consistency.
- Raducanu says she is concentrating on the start of points — improving serve and return quality — as a tactical priority ahead of Wimbledon.
- She will play Sorana Cirstea or Maddison Inglis in the second round and is entered in Queen’s doubles with Katie Boulter, a pairing dubbed ‘Boultercanu’.