EMMA RADUCANU has pulled out of Great Britain’s squad for next week’s Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers against Germany and the Netherlands.

Raducanu reached the quarter-finals of the Miami Open last week, the British number two’s deepest run at a WTA 1000 event and her best tournament performance since her stunning US Open triumph in 2021.

The 22-year-old has featured in seven events in a busy first three months of the year and the PA news agency reported today that she is taking a breather for the next two to three weeks to fit in a mini-training block.