This has set up a meeting with the world number two, and Swiatek has praised Raducanu ahead of their match in Melbourne.

Raducanu even spoke to Andy Murray after her win, as the Brits look to move forward following their drama at Wimbledon.

Despite winning back-to-back matches at the Australian Open for the first time, Raducanu has caused concern after taking a medical timeout during the second set against Anisimova.

Emma Raducanu provides injury update ahead of Iga Swiatek match at the Australian Open

Raducanu suffered a back problem coming into the Australian Open, forcing her to withdraw from the tournament in Auckland and come into the first major of 2025 without any match practice.

This appeared to impact her performance in the first round, with Raducanu hitting 15 double faults against Ekaterina Alexandrova.

After taking a medical timeout on what appeared to be a lower back issue, questions arose about whether this was the same injury that forced her to postpone the start of her season.

“I haven’t fully investigated it yet. I just did my recovery and stuff. Haven’t seen the physios,” Raducanu said in her post-match press conference. “I think it’s almost to be expected when you haven’t played a match in so long, and then to have two really physical ones, yeah, I think small niggles are going to come up here and there. I’m just hoping that it is that.

“Yeah, I was able to push past some pain today, but yeah, I’m going to just try and recover as best as possible over the next day.”

Raducanu took a medical timeout 3-0 down in the second set against Anisimova, but explained that had been feeling uncomfortable from the start of the match before requesting some pain killers.

“Yeah, I mean, I felt it pretty much like quite early in the match in the first set, but I was trying not to show anything, of course,” said Raducanu. “Then I asked for some, like, Tylenol or some medication basically, but they don’t give you that without assessing you.

“The treatment is very difficult because you don’t have much time at all, so it’s hard to really make an impact. You just kind of have to get on with it. You then get two changeovers as well for the rest of the match.

“You have to try and be a bit tactical when you take them because if you go to a third set, you know you need to kind of use it there. So it was hard to kind of think about, but I’m just glad. I don’t know how I managed to fight back in the second set and, yeah, take it.”

How will Emma Raducanu treat her injury before the Iga Swiatek match?

Raducanu will now have a day off before her third round match with five-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek.

With her back problem in mind, Raducanu has suggested that she would not spend much time training in an attempt to try and recover.

“I think I’ll probably just take it easy tomorrow,” said Raducanu. “I’ll probably have a light hit. Nothing crazy. I’ve played a lot of tennis today and two days ago, so I don’t think I need to overdo it on the practice court. Just to keep the body taking over a little bit and just recover really.”

Regardless of whether Raducanu can beat Swiatek on Saturday January 18, the former US Open champion will rise in the rankings after achieving her best result in Melbourne.

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