Emma Raducanu is set for her first competitive match since Indian Wells in early March at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. Watch the WTA 500 event live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+, streaming service NOW and the Sky Sports app.

Raducanu could face Madison Keys in a second-round clash as she prepares for her first clay tournament of 2026. Raducanu will return to the WTA Tour after missing more than two months with a post-viral illness, playing against Diane Parry of France on Monday. A potential showdown against former Australian Open champion Keys could follow.

"Post-viral, it's quite hard," Raducanu told reporters in Rome. "You feel drained. You feel tired. No energy. It's difficult, and it lingered for quite a while. Right now, I wouldn't say I'm 100 percent. I'm still building my way back. It is difficult to then kind of maintain it."

Raducanu accepted a top 30 replacement spot in the WTA 500 event, which begins on Sunday, and she will be joined by Andrew Richardson after reappointing the US Open-winning coach. The tournament will be Raducanu's final opportunity to get match play in before the French Open, which begins on May 24. Raducanu joins a competitive field, led by Victoria Mboko, Ekaterina Alexandrova, rising American teenager Iva Jovic, while Clara Tauson, Liudmila Samsonova, Marie Bouzkova, and Leylah Fernandez will also be in the draw.

The Brit reunites with her old coach five and a half years after their initial partnership, continuing a pattern of Raducanu favouring coaches who she worked with prior to her rapid ascent to superstardom - a decision that four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist Tim Henman views as correct. "I think it's great that Andrew is back to support Emma and all I can say is I hope it lasts a bit longer," Henman said on Sky Sports. "They had an incredible run in America all those years ago and it stopped working after that. She's been through a lot of other coaches between now and then. They obviously have a relationship from the past - Emma obviously trusts Andrew - and I think that consistency and continuity is real."