Raducanu to miss French Open and Wimbledon after hand surgery
Emma Raducanu will miss the French Open and Wimbledon because she will be sidelined for the next few months after having operations on both hands and an ankl.
Emma Raducanu will miss the French Open and Wimbledon after announcing Wednesday that she is having what she called “minor” procedures on both hands and an ankle and expects to be sidelined for “the next few months.”
The 2021 U.S. Open champion, a 20-year-old from Britain, has struggled with a series of injuries, most recently pulling out of the Madrid Open because of a hand problem.her social media accounts that she’s dealt with “a recurring injury on a bone of both hands” for the past 10 months. She posted a photo of herself in a hospital bed with her right wrist and hand bandaged.
“I’m disappointed to share that I will be out for the next few months and while I am at it will have another minor procedure that is due on my ankle,” the 85th-ranked Raducanu wrote. “It pains me that I will miss the summer events and I tried to downplay the issues so I thank all my fans who continued to support me when you did not know the facts.”
Raducanu became one of the stars of tennis in 2021, when she made a surprising run to the fourth round at Wimbledon as a teenager ranked outside the top 300, then, soon after, won the U.S. Open to become the first qualifier to claim a Grand Slam singles title.
