The two US Open champions born of Romanian immigrants played their first match at the Foro Italico only for Raducanu's body to betray her early in the second set.

Pondering the Paris possibilities of four women who have earned surprising triumphs at the US Open and are now pursuing success on the clay.

"I'll probably be putting a lot more emphasis on sparring," said the reigning US Open champ, who won her opening round on Friday.

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"I feel the best direction for my development is to transition to a new training model with the LTA supporting in the interim," the 2021 US Open champion said.

All of the past tennis recipients in this category went on to reach No. 1 with multiple major titles to their name.

Meanwhile, another Spaniard—Paula Badosa—reaches a new career-high of No. 2 on the WTA rankings.

U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu will play her first match against a Top 10 opponent when she faces the world No. 1 in Stuttgart.

“It completely stopped me from moving,” said the 19-year-old, who went 1-1 over the weekend during Great Britain’s defeat to the Czech Republic.

In Prague, Marketa Vondrousova routed U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu 6-1, 6-1 to give the Czech Republic a 2-1 edge over Britain.