British number one Emma Raducanu returns to winning ways in Queen's first round

[p]The British number one ‌has endured a tough year with injury and illness ‌restricting her court time, and ⁠she ‌was knocked out in the first ​round at the French Open.[/p][p]But on the slick ​grasscourts, the 2021 US Open champion, who has recently reunited ⁠with ​her former coach Andrew Richardson, produced a confident display against the qualifier as she [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/blinkova-a-f1PZMn7P/raducanu-e-YmIZde1B/?mid=p4Hs7eqm"]began ‌her preparations for Wimbledon[/a].[/p][p][b]"The way I was moving, the way I was expressing, just the whole package, not necessarily the tennis, just how I was acting on the court,"[/b] the 23-year-old said.[/p][embed guid="c2958b71-11f3-4d07-8fd8-048899f12c90" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2064330026506477690" social-type="twitter" /][p]"I really ‌enjoyed it and I think ​that's something that I ‌want to take forward in all my matches and really embrace this grass-court season."[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raducanu-emma/YmIZde1B/"]Raducanu[/a] will play Romanian seventh ⁠seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cirstea-sorana/fBPsm3Iq/"]Sorana ⁠Cirstea[/a] next.[/p]