Emma Raducanu injury-free heading into Australian Open

Saturday, 14 January 2023 at 19:30

Updated at Saturday, 14 January 2023 at 18:29

byBalasz Virag

Emma Raducanu experienced something that no tennis player wants to experience as she rolled her ankle only a few days before the first major of the season.

Because of that, she was forced to retire from her second-round match at the 2023 ASB Classic in Auckland and her Australian Open participation was in doubt. Her colleagues, Paula Badosa and Ajla Tomljanovic were also unlucky, but they had to withdraw from the event.

On the other hand, according to her own words, Raducanu managed to recover in time, and she will be ready to rock n roll at the 2023 Australian Open. In the first round, she will take on Tamara Korpatsch and speaking ahead of the event, she said:

"I've been able to do preparation, albeit more limited than usual. But I'm feeling in a good place to go out there and give it my best shot. We were thrown a bit of a curveball but we remained optimistic. It's been a team effort to get me to this place. We've been building it up pretty gradually."

— Emma Raducanu

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The 2021 US Open champion then talked more in detail about her injury and how it affects her, as she said:

"For the ankle, I feel really good. It's going to be more introducing certain things, and the rate at which we've had to do it has been really quick. But I've not really played much tennis ever in my career so I'm kind of used to it. And I'm not stressed about lack of tennis that much."

— Emma Raducanu