Where are Raducanu, Gauff and Swiatek playing next after Australian Open?

Youngstars Emma Raducanu, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek will see action after the Australian Open over the next few weeks.

After the first Grand Slam of the year, many of the tennis players decided to rest and prepare for the challenges that February brings, with a WTA 1000 and two WTA 500 titles. Iga Swiatek (world No. 1) and Coco Gauff (world No. 6) will return to the WTA courts Doha 500, which will be held from February 13 to 18 and will feature 9 of the top-10. The Pole was the champion last year, while Gauff won the doubles title with her partner Jessica Pegula.

After that, they’ll travel to the United Arab Emirates to play the first WTA 1000 of the season in Dubai. The world No. 1 has only participated this season at the Aussie Open, where she was knocked out by next finalist Elena Rybakina in the fourth round. About the 18-year-old American, she began the season as the champion at the ASB Classic, where she was the top seed, then she was eliminated in the round of 16 against former Roland Garros champion, Jelena Ostapenko.

In the case of the former US Open 2021 champion Emma Raducanu, she is booked for the ATX Open, WTA 250 that will be played from February 27, and in which the locals Danielle Collins and Sloane Stephens have already secured their participation.

The Brit began the season in Auckland, where she scored a win over 17-year-old Linda Fruhvirtova but was forced to retire in her next match against Viktoria Kuzmova. She then she at the Australian Open she comfortably defeated the German Tamara Korpatsch and was defeated by Gauff in the second round.