She skipped the Paris Olympics to focus on the American hard-court swing before being ruthlessly knocked out of the US Open in the first round by Sofia Kenin. Raducanu admitted her mistake in the aftermath and has now revealed that she plans to be as active as possible for the remainder of the season.

Emma Raducanu ’s supporters have leapt to her defence against internet trolls who accused the tennis star of faking injury problems after she retired from her Korea Open quarter-final. The 21-year-old Briton had just lost the first set 6-1 against top seed Daria Kasatkina when she withdrew having struggled with a foot issue.

Emma Raducanu offered an unexpected take on her controversial scheduling issues on Thursday, stressing the importance of matchplay and claiming that she has been “nursing a few niggles in the last couple months that I kept pretty quiet”.