Raducanu Withdraws From Bjk Cup To Focus On Tour Matches

British number 1 Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from nan Great Britain squad for this month's Billie Jean King Cup Finals truthful she tin play connected nan WTA Tour instead.

Raducanu has been offered a wildcard for nan Korea Open successful Seoul and has decided to prioritise that tourney complete playing for her state successful nan eight-team finals successful Shenzhen, China.

The 22-year-old believes playing connected nan circuit will beryllium amended for nan semipermanent improvement of her crippled and her fledgling business pinch caller coach Francisco Roig.

Roig started moving connected a proceedings ground pinch Raducanu successful Cincinnati past period and was besides successful New York, wherever she reached nan 3rd information of nan US Open.

Raducanu besides missed nan Billie Jean King Cup qualifying information successful The Hague successful April truthful she could train pinch her then-coach Mark Petchey successful Los Angeles.

The determination is simply a awesome rustle to Britain's chance of occurrence successful Shenzhen, arsenic Raducanu won each 3 of her singles matches erstwhile GB reached nan semi-finals of nan competition successful Malaga past year.

Compatriots Katie Boulter, Sonay Kartal and Jodie Burrage are nan 3 remaining members of nan team, though skipper Anne Keothavong is capable to bring successful 2 much players.

The world number 89 Fran Jones is very apt to beryllium added to nan team, which will first play Japan successful a quarter-final necktie connected 18 September.

Ironically, nan International Tennis Federation brought nan day of nan finals guardant by 2 months to effort and pull much of nan apical players to play.

The reasoning was that players were much apt to play successful nan Finals successful Shenzhen astatine nan commencement of a tally of tournaments successful Asia alternatively than return to China successful November erstwhile nan regular play is over.

Raducanu will person ranking points to take sides successful Seoul, having reached nan quarter-finals past year. But nan world number 36 already has a bully chance of being among nan 32 seeds for January's Australian Open, arsenic she has nary different points to take sides this year.

The Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek and nan US Open finalist Amanda Anisimova are among nan players connected nan introduction database for nan Korea Open, which originates connected 15 September.