
Stuart Fraser
Tennis correspondent, The Times (@TimesSport). Views are mine.
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There is no doubt that Emma Raducanu has made improvements on the clay courts in recent weeks, but a straight-sets defeat by Coco Gauff in the last 16 of the Italian Open on Monday shows that there is still some distance between her and the very best players in the world. Gauff's quality was evident here in a 6-1, 6-2 victory over the course of 79 minutes in Rome.
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By no means will Jannik Sinner be making an understated comeback to tennis this week. In stark contrast to others who have returned from drug bans in the past, the red carpet will very much be rolled out on home soil for what is shaping up to be a hero’s welcome at the Italian Open in Rome. This goes beyond the adoration Italy’s greatest tennis player will receive from thousands of fans at the Foro Italico.
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The scheduling in these elongated Masters/1000 events isn’t easy to follow. Katie Boulter, for example, played in the first round on Tuesday and has had two days to wait before her second-round match on Friday. Seems excessive outside of a grand slam.

The way Madrid is scheduled now, today still feels more like qualies-plus than the main event.

A good contest in the LTA Junior National Championships girls' final today between two teenage rivals to keep an eye on over the coming years. Mika Stojsavljevic edged Hannah Klugman in a tense three-setter to guarantee a Wimbledon qualifying wild card. https://t.co/fvbkwdXM7p

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