Let’s be honest, Emma Raducanu’s career has been more of a roller coaster than a steady climb since that fairytale in New York. We’ve seen flashes of brilliance followed by puzzling slumps, injuries, and enough coaching changes to make your head spin. So, when she stepped onto the court in Seoul for the Korea Open, nobody knew which version of Raducanu we were going to get.

What we got was a three-day saga that had more drama than a season finale. Thanks to “Mother Nature” deciding Seoul needed a good long shower, the first-round match against Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian was delayed. And then delayed again. It felt like the match might never happen.

The Raducanu Emotional Roller Coaster

When the match finally got underway, it was far from smooth sailing. Raducanu quickly found herself

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