Raducanu sweating on well being ahead of Australian Open

Emma Raducanu said she is trying to not “rely on an extreme quantity of” as she bids to return to full well being in time for subsequent week’s Australian Open after rolling her ankle in a tune-up event closing week.

Former US Open champion Raducanu retired at 6-0, 5-7 in her second-round match in opposition to Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova on the WTA 250 Auckland Conventional. She swept the first set in 22 minutes nevertheless faltered inside the second and had her left ankle examined all through a medical time-out sooner than leaving court docket docket in tears.

The Australian Open begins on January 16.

‘Eventually at a time’

“I’m merely taking a day at a time, honestly, and easily trying to, every single day try as most interesting as attainable to see and make progress,” the 20-year-old suggested Tennis Australia in an interview revealed on Monday.

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“And we’ll see hopefully by Monday, or every time the occasion begins, I’ll be O.Okay. and ready. Nevertheless we’re merely taking it a day at a time and by no means trying to rely on an extreme quantity of at this degree.

“It was truly unfortunate, to be reliable closing week, because of I was feeling good about my season and I was feeling truly good with the preparation I did bodily. And I merely had an accident on the court docket docket, which I don’t know what I'll have achieved to primarily cease that.”

After her harm, Raducanu said the indoor courts on the occasion in Auckland have been too slippery, with occasion director Nicolas Lamperin responding by saying they've been “match to play.”