Raducanu stars as women’s tennis makes historic return to Queen’s
AFP | London
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Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu stole the spotlight as women’s tennis made a historic return to Queen’s Club for the first time in 52 years on Monday.
With the dust barely settled from the thrilling French Open titles won by Carlos Alcaraz and Coco Gauff last weekend, Queen’s marks the transition to grass courts and this year’s event is a milestone moment in the tennis calendar.
Since 1973, Queen’s has been solely an ATP event.
But a ground-breaking deal was struck last year to play a WTA 500 tournament in Barons Court before the men compete from June 16.
Reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova, Australian Open holder Madison Keys, 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina and world number five Zheng Qinwen are among the female stars set to feature at Queen’s this week.
But Raducanu, who famously won the US Open as an 18-year-old qualifier in 2021, was the headline act on opening day.
Fans queued for an hour to see the British star partnered with Katie Boulter in their 6-4, 6-2 first round doubles win over Jiang Xinyu and Wu Feng-Hsien.
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