Emma Raducanu

The 17-year-old beat a player ranked 219 places above her with Harriet Dart extending their lead on the first day in Melbourne

The British No 1 overcame Miomir Kecmanovic in a hard-fought encounter

The world No 54 had been set to lead the squad in Melbourne but GB are now without their top four players

Swiatek has confirmed that Francisco Roig, who has part of her idol Rafael Nadal’s coaching team, had been appointed ahead of the clay-court season

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The 23-year-old also sat out the Miami Open due to an illness picked up in Romania in February

The British No 3 paid tribute to Williams, who she still has pictures of in her childhood bedroom and who inspired her to pursue tennis professionally

The 2026 Miami Open is underway, but some high-profile players have withdrawn from the tournament. Britain’s two highest-ranked female players, Emma Raducanu and Sonay Kartal, pulled out earlier this week due to illness and injury respectively. Novak Djokovic has also withdrawn from the men’s tournament due to a shoulder injury.…

British tennis stars Emma Raducanu and Sonay Kartal have both pulled out of the Miami Open. Raducanu is still feeling the effects of a virus she picked up in early February and has opted to sit out the WTA 1000 event which gets underway on Wednesday. It is the latest…

The Briton had a virus in February, leading to early defeats in Doha and Dubai, and she is still without a permanent coach