Britain’s Emma Raducanu has been given a wildcard to play on the Miami Open subsequent month.
The 21-year-old has not performed since shedding to Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina in Doha on 12 February.
Raducanu is ranked 252nd on the earth as she continues her comeback from an eight-month harm lay-off.
Former main champions Venus Williams, 43, and Caroline Wozniacki, 33, have additionally been given wildcards for the hard-court match in Miami.
The occasion, which is without doubt one of the largest exterior of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments, begins on 17 March.
It’s remains to be unclear if Raducanu will play earlier than then on the Indian Wells occasion in California, which precedes Miami as a part of the ‘Sunshine Double’ and begins on 6 March.
On Thursday, she posted an Instagram story showing to indicate that she was arriving in Los Angeles.
Raducanu, who shot to prominence with a shocking triumph on the 2021 US Open as a teenage qualifier, is ranked too low for direct entry into the highest WTA tournaments.
A protected harm rating of 103rd helped the previous British primary enter final month’s Australian Open while not having to undergo qualifying.
However the rule – which permits gamers to freeze their rating if they’re out for six months or extra – has not enabled Raducanu to maneuver immediately into the Indian Wells or Miami important attracts.
Eight wildcards can be found for Indian Wells, which has already awarded two to American seven-time main champion Williams and Danish former world primary Wozniacki.
If Raducanu doesn’t obtain a wildcard in Indian Wells, she may play in qualifying.
Raducanu missed many of the 2023 season after operations on each of her wrists, in addition to ankle surgical procedure, earlier than returning to tour in January.
She has gained three of the seven matches of her comeback to this point and, as an alternative of taking a wildcard for Dubai after shedding to Kalinina, returned to the UK for a coaching block on the LTA’s Nationwide Tennis Centre.
