"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."
"I have to make the most out of what is in front of me. It's easy to complain about it, but it's not going to help."
"I think it's very difficult to be scheduling women's matches after a potential five-set match. To me, it doesn't really make as much sense,"
"Then you deal with it, try and shift your day and adjust."
Emma Raducanu arrived in Melbourne on Saturday after reaching the quarter-finals in Hobart and after a delayed flight. Less than 48 hours later she is scheduled to play Thailand's Mananchaya Sawangkaew as the second match on Margaret Court Arena's evening session. The men's five-set match ahead begins at 7pm local time, creating a risk of a near-midnight start. Raducanu did not train on Friday because of the delayed flight and adjusted her preparation by moving practice to 9pm on Saturday to simulate late-night conditions. She is seeded at a major for the first time in over three years.
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