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Emma Raducanu says she will be away from the tennis court “for the next few months” as she recovers from surgery on both wrists and one of her ankles.
In an Instagram post featuring a photo of her in the hospital with a cast on her right hand, Raducanu said she would undergo “minor surgery” on both hands to correct long-term injuries.
She added that she would undergo another “minor procedure” on her ankle. The 20-year-old explained that as a result she will miss this summer’s tennis events, including the French Open and Wimbledon.
“It hurts me that I will miss the summer events and I have tried to play down the issues so I thank all my fans who continued to support me when you didn’t know the facts,” Raducanu wrote in a handwritten letter on Instagram.
Raducanu, who won the 2021 US Open, has suffered numerous injuries over the past 18 months that have destroyed her hopes of success on the court.
She suffered an ankle injury before the Australian Open earlier this year while tonsillitis forced her to withdraw from the Austin Open in February.
Meanwhile, a recurring wrist injury, which hampered Raducanu last season, returned at the Miami Open, where she was knocked out in the first round.
Last month, Raducanu lost in the first round of the Stuttgart Open in less than an hour.
Her performance saw her drop down the world rankings, where she is currently number 85, and the injury break threatens to drop her out of the top 100.
“It’s safe to say the last 10 months have been difficult as I’ve been dealing with a recurring injury to a bone of both hands,” Raducanu said.
“I did my best to manage the pain and play through most of this year and the end of last year by drastically reducing training load, missing weeks of training and shortening last season to try to heal it, unfortunately it’s not enough.”
The French Open starts in Paris on May 22 and Wimbledon starts in London on July 3.
