Emma raducanu has come under Fire for some of the decisions she has made in recent months but former British no one Tim Henman has backed the 20121 US Open Champion to get back to the top of the WTA rankings. ruk Cano was criticized after she decided not to play in qualifying for the French Open in May as she suggested she wanted to focus on her grasscourt preparations that decision reaped rewards as raducanu made it through to the semi-finals of the Nottingham open the quarterfinals of the eastborn international and the last 16 at Wimbledon those results fired ratano back into the top 100 of the WTA rankings but she was criticized again after turning down an offer to play in the Paris Olympic Games done again the transition to Clay courts was a factor in Radu kanu's decision and she also felt chasing ranking points on American hard courts was a better option at this stage of her young career yet the 21-year-old Brit is managed to play in one tournament in America ahead of the final grand slam of the year with her run to the quarterfinals at the WTA 500 event in Washington her only event ahead of the US Open raducanu didn't play in qualifying for the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto despite tournament organizers initially confirming she was on their entry list she then failed to get a wild card into this week's WTA 1000 event in Cincinnati leaving her worryingly short of match practice ahead of the US Open yet Henman is told tennis 365 that roku's doubters need to hold their fire before criticizing a player who has shown flashes of Brilliance in his come back year after she underwent surgeries on both wrists and her ankle last year we just have to show some patience with raducanu now Henman told tennis 365 in her challenges have been well documented since she won the US Open but the level of play she has shown this year confirms she is absolutely moving in the right direction I have no doubts that she will have some big results in the future when you look at her ranking and her position in the WTA race and realize the limited number of tournaments she has played it emphasizes her quality