“The timing to compete is too soon” Emma Raducanu gives shocking news ahead of the 2022 Australian Open
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Emma Raducanu
World No. 19 Emma Raducanu after her heroics in the 2021 season will be one of the most-watched players. The 19-year old who came to the limelight from the 2021 Wimbledon Championships when she became the youngest British woman ever to reach the 4th round at the Championships.
Continuing her wait for her maiden Tour win, she reached the 2021 US Open ranked as World No. 150 as her rank outside Top-300 improved after her performance at Wimbledon. Emma played the three qualifying rounds to enter the main-draw and then went on to script history as she became the first singles qualifier to win a Grand Slam as she beat Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez in the US Open finals.
Having become one of the crowd favourites, the Tour life was not as impressive as from her 3 tournament appearances after her win in New York, she won her first match of the tournament only once during her quarter-final run at the 2021 Transylvania Open. With many expecting her to return to Tour action in 2022, the Brit had some disappointing news for the fans.
After having tested positive for Covid-19 before she could travel to Abu Dhabi for the 3-day exhibition event, the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, Emma spent time in isolation and recovered from the virus that often leaves the person tired and for athletes, it becomes difficult to return to their best after suffering through it. The same is the case for Emma.
“The timing to compete in the first Melbourne event is too soon for me, having just returned from isolation,” said Emma as she announced her withdrawal from the WTA-250 Melbourne Summer Set that is set to begin from 4th January 2022.
Emma Raducanu plans to play the Australian Open
While the news of her withdrawal from the tournament has shocked the fans, the Brit is confident of playing at the upcoming 2022 Australian Open where she will make her tournament debut. Despite missing out on the Melbourne Summer Set, she also has events in Adelaide and Sydney in the week before the Grand Slam begins where she can return to action.
Emma is already in Australia and is undergoing her training as she looks to recover and an official announcement about her first tournament of the 2022 season is expected shortly as she would like to enter the Slam with some Tour matches under her belt.
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