Emma Raducanu issues disappointing injury update after being forced to retire at the Korea Open
Britain’s Emma Raducanu was forced off with a foot injury during her quarter-final match against Daria Kasatkina at the Korea Open.
An arduous, nearly three-hour opening win against Peyton Stearns in Seoul saw a slightly weathered Emma Raducanu just about eke through to the second round.
Clearly hampered by a foot injury in her following match against Chinese eighth seed Yuan Yue, Raducanu battled valiantly to reach her fifth quarter-final of the year and move up to 53rd in the WTA rankings.
Up against top seed Daria Kasatkina, an opponent the Brit has never beaten, Raducanu suffered a brutal 6-1 first set defeat before ultimately retiring before the second got underway.
With surgeries on both wrists and her ankle last year, the 2021 US Open champion is now facing another stint on the sidelines.
Britain’s Emma Raducanu hits a return to Russia’s Daria Kasatkina during their women’s singles quarter-finals match at the Korea Open tennis champi…
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Emma Raducanu pulls out of the Beijing Open with no clear return date
With the quarter-final coming to a premature end, Kasatkina sent Raducanu a classy message saying she felt truly sorry for her opponent.
Raducanu deliberately chose a busy schedule after having faced criticism for choosing not to play the qualifying rounds at the two big US Open warm-up events, in Toronto and Cincinnati.
However, in a statement released today on X, the Brit’s plans look to have come completely undone.
“Hello, last week in Seoul I sprained some ligaments in my foot which unfortunately need some more time to heal,” Raducanu explained. “It means I can’t play in Beijing but I hope to be back competing as soon as I can.”
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