Emma Raducanu will not compete at the French Open or Wimbledon

Posted : 04 May 2023

In order to recover from hand and ankle surgery, British No. 1 Emma Raducanu will miss Wimbledon and the French Open "for the next few months."

She announced that she was undergoing a "small operation" on her left hand as well in a selfie she uploaded of herself in the hospital with her right hand bandaged.

Since her incredible 2021 US Open victory, Raducanu, 20, has been limited by a number of injuries.

"It pains me to say I will miss the summer events," she wrote.

"I tried to downplay the issues so I thank all my fans who continued to support me when you did not know the facts," Raducanu wrote in a social media post.

"It is is safe to say the last 10 months have been difficult as I dealt with a recurring injury on a bone of both hands.

"I tried my best to manage the pain and play through it for most of this year and end of last year by reducing practice load dramatically, missing weeks of training as well as cutting last season short to try to heal it. Unfortunately it is not enough."

Her season was prematurely ended in 2022 because to hand issues with a bone extremely near to the wrists. This year, the issues have flared up on several occasions,
most recently last week when she withdrew from the Madrid Open just hours before she was due to play her first-round match.

Next week, she is expected to fall out of the top 100 in the global rankings, and Jodie Burrage is most likely to succeed her as the best British athlete going forward.

She will be absent from the next French Open as well as the Wimbledon grass-court season.

"I'm disappointed to share that I will be out for the next few months and while I am at it I will have another minor procedure that is due on my ankle," said Raducanu, who rolled her left ankle playing on a slick indoor court in her first event of the year in Auckland.

"Looking forward to seeing you all back out there."

Although it is hoped that she will return to the practice court by the end of the summer, her participation in the US Open, which begins at the end of August, is still uncertain.

According to Raducanu's management group, the treatment on her right, racquet-playing hand on Wednesday was simple, and there shouldn't be any worries about her long-term rehabilitation.

Emma Raducanu will not compete at the French Open or Wimbledon

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