EMMA RADUCANU sparked contemporary damage issues after being left in tears throughout a pre-US Open follow session.
The reigning ladies’s singles champion was in clear discomfort and ache about 40 minutes into the scheduled coaching session at Flushing Meadows.
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4 days earlier than the defence of her crown begins in New York, the 19-year-old halted the scheduled hit with Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova and needed to depart follow court docket 5 for the locker room.
It’s believed she sought remedy throughout the 15-minute interval after gesturing in the direction of her proper wrist in conversations with new coach Dmitry Tursunov and long-term physio and strength-and-conditioning coach Will Herbert.
Kent ace Raducanu later returned to the court docket and continued hitting with Alexandrova for the subsequent hour however had strapping on her racket hand wrist.
Raducanu is because of face skilled Alize Cornet – the Frenchwoman is showing in a document 63rd consecutive main occasion – within the first spherical on Tuesday.
Since successful the US Open in superb style virtually 12 months in the past, Raducanu has struggled bodily with the calls for of the WTA Tour.
Her three earlier Slams in 2022 have been marred by some type of bodily subject.
Earlier than the Australian Open in January, Raducanu had been holed up in an Abu Dhabi after contracting Covid.
The French Open was overshadowed by decrease again ache she sustained on the Italian Open Rome in Might.
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And her Wimbledon preparations have been impacted by a “freak” damage suffered on the Nottingham Open which noticed her withdraw from the grass-court occasion after simply seven accomplished video games.
Raducanu was final in motion on the Cincinnati Masters earlier this month.
She impressed in wins over Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka, earlier than bowing out 7-5, 6-4 within the spherical of 16 to American No1 Jessica Pegula.
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