Emma Raducanu seemingly loved her Christmas in New Zealand very a lot because the British tennis star spent a while in nature and explored the nation’s panorama.
For this yr’s offseason, the previous world No. 10 wished to do one thing totally different so she traveled to Australia for preseason work on December twelfth.
After getting some work finished in Australia, the 22-year-old hopped on a airplane and flew to Auckland, the place she is about to start out her 2025 season.
And since she arrived in New Zealand early, Raducanu was additionally capable of get some high quality time earlier than the beginning of the ASB Basic.
“Merry Christmas. Hope you all had a pleasant day,” the 22-year-old captioned her put up.
The Auckland organizers have been decided to get Raducanu
When confirming the British tennis star for his or her match in mid-November, Auckland match director Nicolas Lamperin very actually confessed that they have been keen to pay a hefty worth to land the 2021 US Open champion as a result of she attracts consideration and sells tickets.
“Somebody like Emma will at all times be on prime of our listing, she’s a marquee participant, her rating doesn’t actually matter by way of the star energy that she brings to the match,” Lamperin stated in November.
“It’s an funding nevertheless it’s value it. We’ve seen the impact on ticket gross sales, each time we’ve introduced her there may be at all times a significant spike. We’ve additionally seen the response from our sponsors once we are having a dialogue and sharing the likelihood that she could be coming.”
For Raducanu, this will likely be her third look on the ASB Basic.
Prior to now two years, she exited the match within the round-of-16.
This yr, the present world No. 57 will likely be joined by two different huge names as Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep are additionally set to play.
It stays to be seen if the 22-year-old Briton can have her finest Auckland consequence subsequent week.