Queen's scheduling questioned again as Emma Raducanu match suspended after 26 minutes due to tradition

Saturday, 13 June 2026 at 15:00

Emma Raducanu is currently playing her Quarter-Final and if she wins through, she will be forced back onto court within hours as she would face Iva Jovic. But in this case, she was forced off court as her Quarter-Final was interrupted due to a tradition.

One that Queen's perhaps should've seen coming. They have come under fire throughout recent days for not being able to schedule the matches properly amid the weather with Raducanu needing to play twice on Saturday if she reaches the final.

Iva Jovic has had a whole day without playing so in theory would be the fresher of the two when it comes down to it. But Raducanu who no doubt will want to be off court very quickly was interrupted.

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The West Kensington tennis club is on the Heathrow flight path and jets started flying from Buckingham Palace when she was serving at 2-2 in the first set less than half an hour into the match.

This part of the annual tradition of Trooping the Colour, featuring the royals down at Buckingham Palace, attended by thousands of people. She had to pause her motion when a plane flew directly over the Andy Murray Arena, so much so that its engine was too loud to play through.

Raducanu and Rakhimova could only wait standing at the baseline and watching. The Red Arrows then came past as Raducanu applauded. By then, it was game point on her serve as she held to love.

She then carried on but she encountered further issues as she had to take a medical timeout after a fall in the second set and playing two games in a day could be a struggle.

A small break in play at #Queens for a few minutes because of the Red Arrows flyover for #TroopingTheColour pic.twitter.com/lSAYlteenm
— patv. (@patvtweets) June 13, 2026

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