Wozniacki Opens Up About Playing With Rheumatoid Arthritis On Her Comeback

| by Sebastian Dahlman

Caroline Wozniacki is a great player, but she's human like the rest of us and deals with problems like most others.

While it may sometimes look superhuman, there is nothing superhuman about Caroline Wozniacki. She's human like the rest of us, with problems like the rest of us. In her case, it's a condition that became apparent in 2018 when she discussed it during a press conference in Singapore.

It's rheumatoid arthritis, an auto-immune disease that will affect her life, most probably for as long as she lives. It's not the type of condition that you want to have, especially if you're an athlete. She's managed it for part of her career and will need to do it again after returning.

Asked about it once more ahead of the 2023 US Open, Wozniacki confirmed that she still lives with it. Not playing tennis allowed her to manage it far better than when she played, and obviously, with a racquet back in her hands, it will change again.

Well, I still have my RA. It's still something that I have to live with for the rest of my life. Obviously when I wasn't playing, it was much easier to manage. You can kind of control the stress you put on your body, your own schedule, sleep, everything else.

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Obviously that's a little more challenging when you're playing at a very, very high level against the best players in the world. I think I'm pretty confident in the fact that I can keep my body in check. I think the more you kind of learn about your body, you know what triggers, what you can do to kind of feel better quickly. So it's something that I'm dealing with on a daily basis.

Wozniacki will be making a return at the US Open, and she's excited about her chances. The body feels good, she feels good, and there is hope for a really strong showing. The matches she did play recently showed some promise, though it was evident that she's been out of the game for a while. The hope is that RA stays silent as well.

In general I feel pretty good and my body feels pretty good. So far it hasn't been an issue coming back here with that part of it. Every day is different. Every day is new. Yeah, I can't predict after playing multiple matches, going far into a tournament, how my body is going to react. But so far so good.

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