{"id":98064,"date":"2025-05-13T12:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T12:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/98064\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T12:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T12:47:09","slug":"emma-raducanu-comments-speak-volumes-after-losing-to-coco-gauff-at-italian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/98064\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu comments speak volumes after losing to Coco Gauff at Italian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Raducanu is maintaining a positive outlook despite her straight-sets defeat to Coco Gauff in the Italian Open.<\/p>\n

The British tennis star was comprehensively beaten on Monday as her rival advanced to the quarter-finals in Rome.<\/p>\n

Rather than dwelling on the loss, Raducanu is focused on improvement and continuing to compete.<\/p>\n

The match could potentially be the 22-year-old’s final competitive action before Roland Garros begins on May 25, though she has suggested she might still participate in next week’s Internationaux de Strasbourg.<\/p>\n

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Emma Raducanu is maintaining a positive outlook despite her straight-sets defeat to Coco Gauff in the Italian Open<\/p>\n

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Gauff needed just one hour and 20 minutes to secure her victory in the fourth-round clash, with the American dropping just three games.<\/p>\n

Despite the comprehensive nature of the defeat, Raducanu walked away from the encounter focusing on the positives.<\/p>\n

She has been playing consistently, noting she had “played a good 12 days on the trot” and was looking forward to a brief rest before returning to action.<\/p>\n

“I would love to just keep improving, keep playing. I think that’s a positive for me,” Raducanu told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want to go and hide in a hole somewhere, I want to get back out there, so that’s good.”<\/p>\n

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Emma Raducanu was no match for Coco Gauff in their Italian Open clash<\/p>\n

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The 22-year-old is considering competing at next week’s tournament in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n

“We’ll see how it goes in the next week before the French, if I get into Strasbourg,” she said.<\/p>\n

Her determination to continue competing rather than retreat after defeat highlights her resilient mindset.<\/p>\n

Raducanu credited her promising showing in Rome to playing with enjoyment.<\/p>\n

“It makes it more enjoyable, it makes it more sustainable. It doesn’t make the losses feel as bad,” she explained.<\/p>\n

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“I didn’t win on the match court today but I’m going to find a way to win the day still today.<\/p>\n

“It was a tough day in the office. I just have to take a lot of positives.”<\/p>\n

She added that she’s “enjoying myself and taking it in wherever I go” to make the tour more enjoyable.<\/p>\n

Former British No 1 Tim Henman, meanwhile, believes the match was closer than the final scoreline suggested.<\/p>\n

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“When you reflect on the score, it looks very straightforward, but I think there were a couple of really long games,” Henman said.<\/p>\n

He noted that Raducanu “didn’t have the opportunities to dictate because Gauff was hitting so aggressively”.<\/p>\n

Despite the loss, Henman was positive about her clay-court season overall.<\/p>\n

“When you reflect on Raducanu’s clay-court season so far, it’s been very positive,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/p>\n

Emma Raducanu has shown glimpses of her best form as the Italian Open creeps closer<\/p>\n

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“The clay courts at Roland Garros are the trust, the best, they will suit Emma even more.<\/p>\n

“Her game is moving in the right direction, she’s up to 42 in the live rankings.”<\/p>\n

He also expressed hope she might reach the top 32 before Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

“A number in the back of my mind is 32 – can she be seeded pre-Wimbledon and get that protection in the early rounds on grass?” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu is maintaining a positive outlook despite her straight-sets defeat to Coco Gauff in the Italian Open.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[512,93,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-98064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sgg","9":"tag-sport","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114500602743785038","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}