Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from two upcoming exhibition matches within the United States so as to deal with regaining full health for the beginning of the 2026 season.
Raducanu was resulting from have confronted Amanda Anisimova in two matches in Newark and Miami early subsequent month, however promoters confirmed she has been changed by Jessica Pegula.
The PA information company understands that Raducanu has mild bone bruising on her proper foot, however the harm just isn’t anticipated to have an effect on her plans for an imminent pre-season camp in Barcelona.
The 23-year-old introduced an early finish to her season in the course of October after skilled bodily struggles in China, retiring throughout the second set of her conflict in opposition to Ann Li in Wuhan.
She subsequently selected to play the Ningbo Open, however was clearly not 100 per cent and once more misplaced her opening match.
Raducanu has linked up with Francisco Roig, the previous long-term coach of Rafael Nadal, for her upcoming pre-season coaching block, and has additionally employed a brand new physio in Emma Stewart, previously of British Rowing.
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Emma Raducanu confirmed off her expertise within the lineout as she skilled alongside the England rugby squad!
Raducanu had hoped to place collectively a robust end to 2025 to ensure herself a seeding on the Australian Open in January however as an alternative introduced an early finish to her season following her bodily struggles in China.
She might have already got performed sufficient to be seeded in Melbourne, boosting her possibilities of avoiding the type of attracts she has confronted at Grand Slams this season, and she or he has given herself platform to construct from.
Talking to Sky Sports activities, commentator Jonathan Overend mirrored on Raducanu’s season and pinpointed the areas of her sport she wants to enhance so as to goal a profitable 2026.
“The challenges for Raducanu this year have been pretty obvious,” he mentioned. “Getting over the road and beating top-10 gamers stays an issue, staying totally match and effectively, as a result of the again has been a difficulty.
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Marion Bartoli believes Emma Raducanu will be taught extra from enjoying the highest gamers on this planet after she exited the US Open
Raducanu turned 23 on November 13, having jumped up the rankings from exterior 300 firstly of 2024 to inside the highest 30 coming in direction of the top of 2025.
“If you take away everything else around Raducanu – the extraordinary Grand Slam fairytale, the hype, the enormous focus and interest there is. For any player at that age to make that ranking leap is seriously impressive,” added Overend.
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Talking after her US Open exit, Emma Raducanu instructed Sky Sports activities she is on target together with her sport
“Outside 300 in the world, double wrist surgery, into the top 30 inside two years before turning 23? Any player, you would say, that’s amazing!
“I stay assured she will be able to grow to be a top-10 participant. It’ll require a variety of exhausting work, a variety of dedication, and actual dedication to this relationship with Francisco Roig which appears to be like prefer it has the potential to be her most profitable teaching relationship for a very long time.”
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