Emma Răducanu has not played since April, when she was clearly defeated by Jelena Ostapenko in Stuttgart, 1-6, 2-6. Since then, the player born in England, with Romanian origins, has struggled with an endless series of medical problems.
Nightmarish season for Emma Răducanu. She underwent wrist and ankle surgery and missed the last 3 Grand Slam tournaments
She underwent surgery on both wrists and ankle, thus missing the last 3 Grand Slam tournaments, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open. She recently dropped out of the top 200 WTA, but will benefit from a protected ranking upon her return.
A comeback that certainly won’t happen in 2023, as announced by the US Open 2021 champion. The new goal for Răducanu is to get into competitive shape by January 2024, at the Australian Open.
Emma Răducanu returned to training in August, but she doesn’t even consider pushing herself anymore this year. The season ends in less than two months, so she doesn’t have any important goals left to achieve.
Emma Răducanu announced that she will no longer play in 2023: “I take it as a compliment that people still talk about me”
“The plan is to come back next year. Three Grand Slam tournaments have passed and it was very hard for me to watch from the sidelines. I am trying to focus all my attention on my recovery.
I haven’t played for a long time, so I take it as a compliment that people still talk about me. As for me, things are clear.
My dream is to win Wimbledon, that’s what I’ve wanted since childhood”, Emma Răducanu said to BBC. Her best performance at Wimbledon remains in 2021, when she reached the fourth round.
Emma Răducanu, no notable results after her incredible performance at the US Open 2021. She hasn’t passed the second round at a Grand Slam since then
Emma Răducanu achieved one of the biggest surprises in tennis history with her victory at the US Open 2021. She won the trophy in New York despite playing in the qualifiers to reach the main draw.
Since then, however, Emma Răducanu has had very few notable performances. In 2022, she didn’t go beyond the second round at any of the four Grand Slam tournaments. And in 2023, she has only played 10 matches, half of which were lost.
In the past two years, after winning the US Open 2022, Emma Răducanu has only won a total of four matches at Grand Slam tournaments. And she has never made it past the second round!
