Emma Raducanu insists she has been made ‘more durable’ by her eight-month absence from tennis.
The Briton insinuated that she may need retired from her Australian Open defeat in opposition to Wang Yafan a yr in the past – however mentioned her opponent must beat her on the court docket to knock her out of the match.
“Truthfully I have been in that scenario earlier than in matches, whether or not it was with sickness or harm, and retired a couple of occasions,” Raducanu mentioned.
“With what I went by final yr, you are feeling terrible proper now. At some factors I could not actually see the ball very properly, however I feel with all the pieces I went by final yr, it is made me a lot more durable.
“There was no manner I used to be going to drag out. She was going to need to beat me, and she or he did. She served it out.
“I feel the final yr off and likewise simply with the quantity of niggles and all the pieces that I had, the setbacks, it did make me lots more durable.”