"It's very difficult, she said. You would love to have more time in the environment, more time practising, but I guess I was pretty much handed the schedule to try and turn it around and make the most out of what is in front of me. I think it's easy to get down and complain about it, but it's not going to help. So I'm just trying to focus and turn it around for tomorrow."
"I think it's very difficult to be scheduling women's matches after a potential five-set match, said Raducanu. To me, it doesn't really make as much sense, but I think after seeing it, the initial reaction is probably, like: Oh, it's a late one.' Then you deal with it, and you try and shift your day and adjust. Today I'm going to practise and see what it's like."
Emma Raducanu criticised the Australian Open's late-night scheduling but remained focused ahead of her first-round match against Mananchaya Sawangkaew. Raducanu will play on Sunday night with minimal time to adjust after competing in Hobart, where she lost in the quarter-finals to Taylah Preston. A delayed flight brought Raducanu to Melbourne late on Friday, leaving only one training session before the match. The first round is split across three days, placing some women's matches after potential five-set men's matches, creating very late start times. Sawangkaew, a 23-year-old Thai, broke into the top 100 last year but sits at No 195 after an injury layoff.
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