Emma Raducanu withdraws from Hong Kong Open with foot injury

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British tennis star Emma Raducanu has pulled out of a tournament because of a foot injury.

The former US Open champion posted on X that she was withdrawing from next week’s Hong Kong Open because of a lack of match fitness.

Raducanu, 21, has not played since retiring midway through her quarter-final against Daria Kasatkina in the Korea Open last month and revealed she had sprained ligaments in her foot.

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“Whilst my foot is making good progress, I need a little more time before I am match fit,” she said in her post. The world number 55 said she was “doing what I can” to be ready for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, with Anne Keothavong’s side taking on Germany on November 15.

Hong Kong is the fifth tournament the British number two has withdrawn from since her injury.

Having reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2021 as a wildcard, Raducanu won the US Open in September 2021, and rose to 10th in the world the following summer. She has had an injury-plagued few years since then, but did reach the fourth round again at Wimbledon this year.

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