{"id":1829761,"date":"2026-03-16T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1829761"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:00:25","slug":"what-emma-raducanu-doesnt-want-as-brit-faces-miami-open-rankings-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1829761","title":{"rendered":"What Emma Raducanu &#8216;doesn&#8217;t want&#8217; as Brit faces Miami Open rankings &#8216;pressure&#8217;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">What Emma Raducanu \u2018doesn\u2019t want\u2019 as Brit faces Miami Open rankings \u2018pressure\u2019\u00a0<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a 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!text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Emma Raducanu with Greg Rusedski inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Former world No 4 Greg Rusedski has assessed that Emma Raducanu will be under added pressure at the 2026 Miami Open due to the ranking points she is defending.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/emma-raducanu\">Raducanu<\/a> moved up one place to 23rd in the WTA Rankings after reaching the third round at the Indian Wells Open.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old downed Anastasia Zakharova 6-1, 6-3 in her opening match in Indian Wells before she was hammered 6-1, 6-1 by world No 6 Amanda Anisimova in just 52 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 US Open champion was a quarter-finalist at the 2025 Miami Open, which remains her best result at a WTA 1000 event.<\/p>\n<p>The Brit will, therefore, be dropping 215 points from her 2025 run in Miami, which means she is facing the prospect of a rankings drop if she falls early at this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>Main draw action at the 2026 Miami Open gets underway on Tuesday, and Raducanu will play either Sonay Kartal or Peyton Stearns in her opening match. She could then meet 11th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova if she reaches the third round.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/emma-raducanu-glaring-area-improvement-highlighted-tim-henman\"><strong>Emma Raducanu \u2018glaring\u2019 area for improvement highlighted by Tim Henman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/wta-miami-open-points-defended-sabalenka-swiatek-gauff-raducanu-eala\"><strong>WTA Miami Open: Points being defended by Sabalenka, Swiatek, Gauff, Raducanu and Eala<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the latest episode of his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DPhZuwd9EiU\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Off Court With Greg Rusedski<\/em><\/a> podcast, Rusedski shared his thoughts on Raducanu ahead of the second leg of the US Sunshine Double.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be interesting to see, because she\u2019s back with Mark Petchey, who\u2019s helping part-time with his TV commitments,\u201d said the 1997 US Open runner-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have to defend points, you really find out where you\u2019re at, because that\u2019s more pressure for yourself. And she doesn\u2019t want to drop her ranking out of that top 32, because then she\u2019s not seeded at all of the events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I feel like it\u2019s a big week and she\u2019s talked about being more aggressive, taking the ball on. When she was with Mark [in 2025], she had natural gut in her racket \u2014 and he went full polyester, which means you don\u2019t get quite as much pop, but you get more control and are able to hit through the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s all these little combinations, so it\u2019s going to be interesting, and some places, you just enjoy playing at, you feel comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut don\u2019t discount [Sonay] Kartal, she played very well in Indian Wells, so it\u2019s not an easy [match]. When you\u2019re playing your fellow Brit, that\u2019s a popcorn match, that adds a little bit more stress if that happens, too. All these combinations don\u2019t make it easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following Raducanu\u2019s heavy loss to Anisimova in Indian Wells, Rusedski <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/emma-raducanu-one-dimensional-advice-greg-rusedski-indian-wells-open-hammering\">urged the former world No 10 to add more dimensions to her game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, you can\u2019t have one game style. When her A-game is on, she can compete with the likes [of Anisimova] and try to hit through people,\u201d said the former British No 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to have a B-plan, so when that\u2019s not working, you need to bring somebody forward, you need to change it up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou also have to serve exceptionally well when you\u2019re playing a big hitter, because if you don\u2019t and they get the first strike, you\u2019re on defence right away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-daniil-medvedev-messages-alex-eala-pressure-novak-djokovic-blow-indian-wells-miami-roundup\">Sinner and Medvedev\u2019s messages, Eala pressure, Djokovic suffers blow \u2013 Indian Wells and Miami roundup<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Emma Raducanu \u2018doesn\u2019t want\u2019 as Brit faces Miami Open rankings \u2018pressure\u2019\u00a0 Ewan West 16 Mar 2026 6:00 PM Emma Raducanu with Greg Rusedski inset Former world No 4 Greg Rusedski has assessed that Emma Raducanu will be under added pressure at the 2026 Miami Open due to the ranking points she is defending. 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