Emma Raducanu took one particular positive after her loss to Ons Jabeur in Abu Dhabi and that is to be able to play the match and play it well.
Emma Raducanu was up 7-5 against Jabeur in the final set of their match with only three more points needed to win. She played a very good match overall, probably better than anybody expected and gave fan some hope about making a huge impact in 2023. She was pretty glad about the overall performance as well:
"I'm so glad this year I was able to make it out of the hotel room. Last year, I had a bit of a shocker. Amazing to play here in front of all of you, this is Ons’ house so thank you for having me."
On her preparation for this year, Raducanu said:
"I’ve just been building in the gym, started getting back on court recently in the last two weeks, so I'm glad to be making some progressions and looking forward to 2023."
"I'm rather pleased. Been building in the gym, got back on court the last two weeks and now looking forward to 2023." @EmmaRaducanu returns to the court for the 1st time since October - just losing out to World No.2 Ons Jabeur 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 at the @MubadalaWTC
