Emma Raducanu fuels fears she may miss Wimbledon as ‘freak’ Nottingham injury explained | Tennis | Sport
Raducanu has revealed that she suffered a “freak” injury as early as the very first game of her Rothesay Open match against Golubic, which ultimately led to her retirement. The world No 11 said she started feeling pain “on the side of my body, maybe around my rib” at the beginning of the contest after arriving in Nottingham injury-free and ready to compete.
The second seed was broken in the first game before breaking back and holding for a 2-1 lead, when she took a medical time out at the first changeover. And she received treatment twice more before retiring 3-4 down to the Swiss player after just 33 minutes. Now, Raducanu has refused to commit to Wimbledon as she admitted she had no idea what the injury could be.
“I need to get a scan. I’m not going to Google doctor myself, so I’ll get it checked out,” she told reporters after her return to the Nottingham Open ended early. “The first game an absolute freak, I think I pulled something, I am not really sure what exactly happened.”
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