Emma Raducanu will miss the China Open with a foot damage that “wants time to heal”.
The previous US Open winner posted a press release on social media, saying: “Good day, final week in Seoul I sprained some ligaments in my foot which sadly want some extra time to heal.
“It means I can not play in Beijing however I hope to be again competing as quickly as I can.”
The damage pressured her to retire within the Korea Open quarter-finals in her contest towards Daria Kasatkina and she is going to now miss the WTA 1000 occasion starting on Wednesday.
How have accidents affected Emma Raducanu this season?
Sadly, through the 2024 season, damage considerations have returned once more at instances too – notably on the Miami Open, with Raducanu pressured to withdraw from the match as a result of a decrease again damage after being awarded a wildcard for the occasion.
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Martina Navratilova believes Emma Raducanu ought to take possession of her tennis profession as she solutions followers questions.
Raducanu was additionally hampered by a abdomen bug throughout her loss on the first main of the yr, the Australian Open, however her tennis was encouraging and she or he stepped up her comeback with victory over Bouzkova in Abu Dhabi thereafter.
Raducanu sat out the second main of the yr, withdrawing simply 24 hours earlier than French Open qualifying was as a result of start, in a bid to present herself a “likelihood to maintain match for the remainder of the yr.”
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Jonathan Overend says that he thinks it was a great name by Emma Raducanu to drag out of the blended doubles occasion with Andy Murray, as she goals to progress additional within the girls’s singles.
Sadly, that didn’t go solely to plan. An premature slip on the Centre Courtroom grass stopped all of Raducanu’s momentum as she was placing collectively a formidable run at Wimbledon.
Within the first recreation of the deciding set of her last-16 conflict with Lulu Solar, Raducanu misplaced her footing while sliding for a forehand, then needed to name on the coach. Raducanu obtained therapy on her decrease left leg and the center of her again – which seemed to be bothering her all through the match – and though she noticed out the match, slumped to defeat simply as she appeared to be discovering her finest kind.
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Highlights of the opening spherical match between Sofia Kenin and Emma Raducanu from the US Open.
Having recovered from surgical procedures in 2023, Raducanu continued to handle damage danger, deciding towards representing Group GB on the Paris Olympics as a result of she didn’t need to swap again to taking part in on clay at Roland Garros forward of the arduous court docket tournaments within the USA.
On the Korea Open in September, Raducanu retired within the quarter-finals as a result of a foot damage and now misses the China Open.
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What’s developing on Sky Sports activities Tennis in September?
- Japan Open – ATP 500 (September 25-October 1)
- China Open – ATP 500 (September 26-October 2)
- China Open – WTA 1000 (September 25-October 6 – with Emma Raducanu in motion)
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