Emma Raducanu’s 2025 season was less a fairy-tale resurgence than a carefully managed reconstruction: bursts of high-quality tennis, important milestones, and, in the end, a campaign cut short by familiar physical struggles.

A Miami Breakthrough and a Warning Sign

The early months of 2025 were steady rather than spectacular, but March changed the tone. At the Miami Open, Raducanu put together her most convincing week of tennis since her 2021 US Open triumph. She worked through multiple rounds with assurance and reached her first-ever WTA 1000 quarter-final, falling to Jessica Pegula in a tight three-setter.

Her performance showed renewed clarity and calm under pressure but also exposed the lingering concern: midway through that Pegula match, Raducanu struggled with the humid conditions

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