Emma Raducanu Suffers a Major Blow Ahead of the Wimbledon Championships – Ruled Out of the Birmingham Classic

Emma Raducanu is having a disappointing 2022 season by her standards. Last year, she surprised one and all with her title-winning campaign at the US Open. Entering the year-ending Grand Slam tournament as a qualifier, the British tennis star scripted a fairytale run to win her maiden Grand Slam title.

Moreover, she did it in style, without dropping a set during the tournament.

However, it has been contrasting fortunes so far for Raducanu this year. She has had a number of early exits in the tournaments. Her best result this season has just been a quarterfinal appearance at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Recently, she has suffered a major blow ahead of the Wimbledon Championships.

Emma Raducanu pulls out of the Birmingham Classic

Raducanu’s preparations for this month’s Wimbledon Championships have been put in limbo. The 19-year-old has opted out of the WTA 250 Birmingham Classic after suffering a side strain at the Nottingham Open.

Earlier this week, she retired midway through the first set in her opening round clash against Viktorija Golubic in Nottingham.?

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However, her scan results gave glimpses of hope as they ruled out any serious injury. Thus, Raducanu expects to be fit in time for the Eastbourne International and the Wimbledon Championships.

Further, Raducanu is looking to better her fourth-round finish at Wimbledon in 2021. Last year, she bowed out in the pre-quarterfinal stage of the tournament, losing against Ajla Tomljanovic.

Raducanu talks about her latest injury setback

During the post-match press conference after retiring in the opening round at Nottingham Open, the reigning US Open champion opened up about her injury. She said, ?I think I pulled something. I am not really sure what exactly happened and I have just come off court, an absolute freak injury. I don?t know what I could have done more about it. That is it.?

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