Britain’s Emma Raducanu will not have to get by qualifying on the Abu Dhabi Open, as she has been provided a late wildcard into the primary draw.
The 22-year-old was set to compete in qualifying for the primary time since her fairytale run to the 2021 US Open title.
However Raducanu acquired a late invitation to the primary draw and can face 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, of the Czech Republic, within the first spherical on Tuesday.
Raducanu is travelling to Abu Dhabi along with her health coach Yutaka Nakamura, however is and not using a coach following Nick Cavaday’s choice to step down for well being causes.
The world quantity 56 reached the third spherical of the Australian Open, however then misplaced a three-hour first-round match to Cristina Bucsa on the Singapore Open final Monday.