Australian Open 2025: Emma Raducanu ‘able to go’ in Melbourne after again harm

Raducanu is trying to construct on a 2024 season the place he made encouraging progress following wrist and ankle surgical procedure.

Nonetheless, the harm issues which have plagued him – largely since he surprised the world by profitable the 2021 US Open as a younger qualifier – additionally continued.

Finally 12 months’s US Open, an absence of play led to a rusty first-round exit and a tearful admission afterwards that “it was a lesson”.

“I believe the distinction between this and the US Open is that I wasn’t performed in any respect earlier than the US Open,” mentioned Raducanu, who was employed by Yutaka Nakamura as a health coach in December.

“However I used to be doing a extremely good job.”

The previous world quantity 10 added: “The best way [Yutaka] you deliberate our routines and our dates helped me get into that state the place I felt most prepared.”

In an try and counter the dearth of observe for the match, Raducanu performed units towards Elena Rybakina, of Croatia, and world quantity 4 Caroline Garcia, of France.

“Going out with them is nice…to see and gauge your recreation and the place you are at,” he mentioned.

“This week I performed with excessive degree gamers and I really feel good on the sector.

“After all it provides me confidence, however it’s one other factor to place it on the sector of play.”