Emma Raducanu picked up her best win by ranking since May, ousting No. 7 seed Marta Kostyuk in the opening round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Tuesday. She will face former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka in the second round.

The journey of Emma Raducanu and Elena Rybakina in the DC Open doubles came to an end after the unprecedented pairing retired during their semifinal match against Taylor Townsend and Shuai Zhang.

Emma Raducanu has admitted she doesn’t have many friends on the WTA Tour ahead of her clash with Naomi Osaka at the Washington Open. The British tennis star is out in the United States to prepare for the US Open – the final major event of the year – which gets underway next month.

Emma Raducanu got her US Open swing off to the perfect start with an impressive straight sets victory against Marta Kostyuk. The 22-year-old beat number seven seed at the Citi Open 7-6, 6-4 to