2024 Nottingham Open Draw as Emma Raducanu returns to action alongside Ons Jabeur and Marta Kostyuk

Saturday, 08 June 2024 at 17:33

The draw has been confirmed ahead of the 2024 Nottingham Open which is set to take place between June 10-16 2024 with Emma Raducanu set to make her return to action for the first time since Madrid.

Raducanu was last season toiling against Maria Lourdes Carle with the former US Open champion being dumped out in the opening round. She went on to not get a wildcard for Rome and so she promptly withdrew from qualifying.

The same can be said about Roland Garros. Whilst not expected to get a wildcard, she hung on when it came to attempting to get a wildcard and then withdrew promptly from qualifying despite being one of the top seeds and first alternates amid any withdrawals.

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Instead Raducanu decided to head towards the grass court season. A move that does make some sense with Raducanu likely to get wildcards fairly easily especially in the UK. Laura Robson who has defended Raducanu amid criticism she has received is tournament director in Nottingham so it was her first destination confirmed. She will also play Eastbourne.

She couldn't play Wimbledon last year and was only a guest at the tournament. So her main aim will be to get some matches in and head towards the grass court major. But it is a difficult start for Raducanu but one that gets easier if she gets past it. She faces a qualifier then likely Marta Kostyuk who is second seed in Nottingham. She takes on Daria Snigur in an all Ukrainian first round.

Katie Boulter (pictured) hails from closeby in Leicester and will begin her title defence against Harriet Dart.

But for whoever gets through that section, it is then Caroline Dolehide as the main seed with Fran Jones, Ashlyn Krueger and Yafan Wang the other names in that section. Ons Jabeur is top seed this next week and she begins with a tough test. She takes on Camila Osorio. Then it could be Yuriko Miyazaki a Brit in the second round or a qualifier. Karolina Pliskova is also playing and takes on Alycia Parks.

Clara Burel is fourth seed and faces Daria Saville and could take on her compatriot Diane Parry in the second round. Zhu Lin sits in a section of qualifiers. Whilst Magdalena Frech opens against Nao Hibino. The returning home hero in Katie Boulter who hails from close by to Nottingham in Leicester can likely stay at her parents at the very least during the tournament. Being only 20 minutes away from the East Midlands city, it is the closest thing to a homecoming for the British No.1. She is third seed and faces Harriet Dart in an all British clash in round one.

Boulter started a great summer last year by winning Nottingham with both the former and Jodie Burrage being standouts in terms of the Brits in the grass court season.

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