New Delhi, June 15 -- LONDON - She had won one match in nearly three months. She had spent two-and-a-half months away from the tour with a post-viral illness. And she had come into the HSBC Championships at Queen's Club seeded nowhere, ranked 31st, carrying the particular weight of a player who has spent the better part of two years proving to everyone - and perhaps herself - that the US Open girl is still in there somewhere.

confirmation that she belongs.

More immediately, it almost certainly secured her a seeded position at Wimbledon. With Raducanu provisionally ranked 31st and Vekic 32nd after the final, both players are now inside the window for Wimbledon seedings. The Grand Slam's seeding list traditionally covers 32 players, and t...