Emma Raducanu has opened up on how difficult she has found it to watch tennis matches during her enforced absence away from the court but says she plans to return next year. The Briton became an overnight sensation in 2021 when she won the US Open at the age of 18.
Raducanu became the first qualifier in tennis history to win a Grand Slam when she lifted the trophy at Flushing Meadows. But she has struggled to kick-on following that triumph and has failed to make it beyond the second round of a Major since.
Raducanu has battled with a whole host of injury issues over the last two years and underwent operations on both her wrists, as well as an ankle, in May. She hasn’t appeared in a tournament since the Stuttgart Open in April and missed this year’s French Open, Wimbledon and US Open.
And on Wednesday she told BBC London: “Next season I’ll be back. This season all the Slams are finished. It was difficult to watch them go by, but I was just trying to stay in my lane as much as possible and keep focused on my recovery and my path back. The fact that they’re still talking about me even though I’m not at these events, I think it’s just a compliment. Someone told me to worry when they’re not talking about you.”
