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Emma Raducanu says she will likely be away from the tennis court docket “for the subsequent few months” whereas she recovers from surgical procedure on each wrists and one among her ankles.
In an Instagram publish which included a photograph of her in hospital with a solid on her proper hand, Raducanu stated she was to endure a “minor process” on each arms to resolve longstanding accidents.
She added that she would have one other “minor process” on her ankle. The 20-year-old defined that consequently, she’s going to miss this summer season’s tennis occasions, together with the French Open and Wimbledon.
“It pains me that I’ll miss the summer season occasions and I attempted to downplay the problems, so I thank all my followers who continued to assist me once you didn’t know the info,” Raducanu wrote in a hand-written letter posted on Instagram.
Raducanu, who gained the 2021 US Open, has suffered a myriad of accidents over the previous 18 months which have blighted her hopes of on-court success.
She suffered an ankle harm earlier than the Australian Open earlier this 12 months, whereas tonsillitis pressured her to withdraw from the Austin Open in February.
In the meantime, a recurring wrist harm, which hampered Raducanu final season, got here again throughout the Miami Open, the place she exited within the first spherical.
Final month, Raducanu misplaced within the first spherical of the Stuttgart Open in lower than an hour.
Her performances have seen her slip down the world rankings, the place she at the moment sits at No. 85, and the harm break means she is about to fall out of the highest 100.
“It’s protected to say the final 10 months have been troublesome as I handled a recurring harm on a bone of each arms,” Raducanu stated.
“I attempted my finest to handle the ache and play by means of it most of this 12 months and finish of final 12 months by decreasing observe load dramatically, lacking weeks of coaching in addition to chopping final season quick to strive heal it, sadly it’s not sufficient.”
The French Open begins on Could 22 in Paris whereas Wimbledon begins on July three in London.