Tim Henman feels Emma rukino sgame is still moving in the right direction following her opening round exit at the 2024 US Open the former world no for reflected though that Ruku probably should have gone through qualifying to get more matches under her belt before the US Open ruk kanu fell to a 1 to6 6-3 4 to6 lost to world no 54 in 2020 Australian Open winner Sophia Kennan in the first round of the US Open Out prior to her campaign in New York raducanu had not played a match since her quarterfinal defeat to Paula Bosa in Washington almost four weeks earlier 2021 usop Champion chose not to enter qualifying to play the WTA 1000 events in Toronto and Cincinnati a decision that came under Fire in an exclusive interview with tennis 365 ahead of the US open Henman hit out at the scrutiny over ruk canu as scheduling approach There is almost a borderline Obsession about different elements of her game and where she is going wrong the six-time major semi-finalist said hasn't T played in Canada and Cincinnati over the last few weeks big deal it's two tournaments out of 52 weeks she has played plenty of tournaments this year and she is top 50 in the WTA race for this year she is continuing to build and get fitter stronger and faster her game is fantastic she will be top 20 or top 30 before long so we need to stop this level of scrutiny dot following ratuku s defeat to Canan Henman remained positive about the 21-year-old s progression but re-evaluated his previous assessment about the Brit not playing qualifiers for events after what she did 3 years ago she's always going to have incredible memories here for the rest of her life but as a competitor and a player right now she wants to compete and play well Henman told Sky Sports tennis