Emma Raducanu will finalise her French Open preparations in Strasbourg next week after the British No 2 was handed a wildcard into the draw. Raducanu made encouraging progress to the last 16 of the Italian Open, winning three clay-court matches in a row for the first time in her career before losing 6-1 6-2 to world No 3 Coco Gauff.

Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu share one important thing. They are both US Open champions and importantly they were both major winners as teenagers so it comes as no surprise that the pair have a

Emma Raducanu scolds opponent for trying to ‘throw me off’ with medical timeout - Raducanu triumphed 5-7 6-0 6-1 over Veronika Kudermetova to set up a clash with Coco Gauff in Rome