Emma Raducanu hopes that 2025 will be a totally fresh start after years of injury hell, and she has begun the Australian Open perfectly.
Since shocking the world to win the US Open in 2021, it has been setback after setback for the 22-year-old.
The young Brit still has a long time left in her career if she can overcome the injury woes.
There were doubts she would be able to take part in this year’s Australian Open, but those fears have disappeared with Raducanu taking to the court in the first round.
And she couldn’t have started any better after beating 26th-seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in straight sets to progress through.
Emma Raducanu at 2025 Australian Open: Ranking
As it stands, Raducanu is ranked as the 60th-best female singles player in the world, and she has fallen four places from the last time the rankings were updated.
She is no longer the British number one, with Katie Boulter taking that title.
Boulter is currently sitting at 28th in the rankings.
Emma Raducanu at 2025 Australian Open: Next opponent
Raducanu is in Melbourne and aiming for a strong run at the first Grand Slam of the year.
She is not seeded this time so was forced to face a tough opening match down under against Alexandrova.
But she won 7-6, 7-6 against her opponent on Monday night, booking her place in the second round to face Amanda Anisimova.
The American world No.39 beat Maria Lourdes Carle with ease in her opening match.
Raducanu v Anisimova will be the first match at the KIA Arena on Thursday and will get underway at midnight UK time.
Should Raducanu win, she will face either Rebecca Sramkova or two-seed Iga Swiatek in the third round.
Since winning the US Open, Raducanu’s tennis career has been stop-startGETTYAnisimova eased past Argentinian Maria Lourdes Carle, beating her 6-2, 6-3 in their first-round clash.
But Raducanu will have high hopes of processing after pulling off an upset, with World No.2 Iga Swiatek potentially her next opponent.
She has never made it past the second round at the Australian Open, so she will hope to change that this time.
Emma Raducanu at 2025 Australian Open: How to follow
The Grand Slam is being held at Melbourne Park and play is due to get underway on Sunday, January 12, and it will end on Sunday, January 26.
Raducanu vs Anisimova will take place later this week, while an exact start time will be confirmed in due course.
Main-day sessions each day begin at midnight UK time, until the semi-finals [Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of GMT].
The night sessions will then get underway at 7:30am UK time.
The showpiece event will be shown live on Eurosport.
You can also stream every match of the 2025 Australian Open live and on-demand on discovery+.
Entertainment & Sport pass prices on discovery+ are £6.99/month or £59.99/year. For all streaming info, visit here.
talkSPORT will also have updates on Raducanu throughout, and talkSPORT.com will have all the reaction from her journey.
To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Emma Raducanu at 2025 Australian Open: What has been said?
Anisimova is feeling in a positive place ahead of the clash with Raducanu, saying: “I think there are a lot of lessons that I had to learn. You grow up very quickly, but at the same time I feel like that really prepares you for your career.
“We both have so much ahead of us. At the same time, we’re very young and we have so much experience, so I feel like that serves us with a lot of positives.
“I feel like, when I play these slams, I handle the nerves better because I’ve been on so many big stages at a young age. I wouldn’t trade all the memories I had from when I was younger.”
Raducanu, who is looking to reach the third round at Melbourne Park for the first time, shares a similar attitude to past challenges.
“I look back and there are certain things in hindsight that I would probably have done differently, but you can’t really go back and redo that,” she said. “You can just prevent that happening again.
“Any mistakes I’ve made in the past, it’s just feedback for what I’m going to avoid or continue doing in the future. And I think it’s always healthy to learn from what I did.”
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