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Raducanu, winner of the US Open in 2021, suffered an injury during her participation in the WTA 250 in Nottingham. At the moment, it is only known that the discomfort that she presents is on the side of her body, but it is unknown if she will recover in time for the third Grand Slam that begins on June 27.
Emma Raducanu, aged 19, became the visible face of British tennis by slipping from qualification to the round of 16 at the Wimbledon Open in 2021.
However, so far in 2022, the feat has been elusive. Raducanu’s misfortune loomed again on June 7, when after 36 minutes of action, in a match that he lost against the Swiss Viktorija Golubic, he left the first round of the WTA 250 in Nottingham due to injury, a tournament that is played over a grass surface.
“I think I did something, I’m not sure exactly what happened. I left the court (…) It’s on the side of my body. It feels maybe around my rib or something,” Raducanu told the media. British.
Amid concern about the health of the player, who has become the hope of British tennis in recent months, journalists asked her if she could be present at the Wimbledon Open that will begin in a few weeks.
“It could have torn and spasmed, it’s going to be really nasty for a few days. But I have no idea. I can’t diagnose myself, so I’ll check it out,” added the player.
Raducanu’s injury occurred in the tournament that saw her start her professional career a year ago, although at that time her early elimination, in the first round, did not allow us to see the talent she would show during the two major tournaments that followed: Wimbledon, to which he received a last-minute invitation, and the US Open, which he accessed from the qualifying round.
Raducanu: “It’s really bad luck (…) I think I’m doing a great job”
After consecrating herself at the 2021 US Open, defeating the Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the final, the young British player accumulates a string of poor results. So far in 2022, Raducanu has only managed to reach the quarterfinals in a single tournament, the WTA 500 in Stuttgart, out of 10 that he has played, including the Australian Open and Roland Garros, where he fell in the second. round of both.
The 19-year-old has faced a series of physical discomforts in that period that have prevented her from returning to the level shown in September 2021 during the US Open final.
Furthermore, the player has been without a full-time coach since April, when she decided to part ways with Germany’s Torben Beltz, her fourth coach in less than a year.
“Obviously I’m disappointed, it’s really bad luck (…) You just want to take a break, but it hasn’t really happened. That’s out of my control, but right now all I can focus on is what I’m doing and I think I’m doing a great job,” the young woman told the media.
Pending a medical evaluation, Raducanu – currently ranked 11th in the WTA – could take comfort in knowing that the tournament will not award points towards professional ranking. A measure taken by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the governing body of women’s professional tennis, after the championship’s organizing committee decided to ban Russian and Belarusian tennis players due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an action considered discriminatory by the WTA.
With Reuters and British media
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