Australian Open: Emma Raducanu hopeful over health following ankle damage | Tennis Information

Emma Raducanu says she’s going to “hopefully” be able to play within the Australian Open subsequent week, however is taking her restoration from an ankle damage “a day at a time”.

The British No 1 was compelled to retire from her second-round match towards Viktoria Kuzmova on the ASB Basic in Auckland final week after rolling her left ankle.

The Australian Open begins on Monday 16 January in Melbourne, with Raducanu holding out hope she may have the chance to enhance on reaching the second spherical in her main-draw debut final yr.

“I am simply taking a day at a time, truthfully, and simply making an attempt to, each single day attempt as finest as potential to see and make progress,” the 20-year-old stated in an interview with Tennis Australia on Monday.

“And we’ll see hopefully by Monday, or each time the match begins, I will be OK and prepared.

“However we’re simply taking it a day at a time and never making an attempt to count on an excessive amount of at this level.”

Unhealthy climate in Auckland meant the match wherein Raducanu suffered the damage was performed indoors, and the Brit initially blamed the “slick” and “very slippery” courts for the incident.

The Auckland match director issued a response insisting the courtroom was protected, however Raducanu maintains there was little she may have executed to keep away from the damage.

“I imply, it was actually unlucky, to be sincere final week, as a result of I used to be feeling nice about my season and I used to be feeling actually good with the preparation I did bodily,” she stated.

“And I simply had an accident on the courtroom, which I do not know what I may have executed to essentially stop that.”

Raducanu has endured a irritating run of damage setbacks since saying herself as a family identify in the summertime of 2021 by reaching the fourth spherical at Wimbledon earlier than occurring to assert a exceptional triumph on the US Open.

She retired from matches 4 occasions in 2022 and most not too long ago has needed to deal with a wrist damage. Her rating has dropped to 75 from a career-high of tenth.

The draw for the Australian Open takes place on Thursday.