British tennis star Emma Raducanu recently spoke about the challenges she faced while returning to the professional tennis court. Last year, Raducanu went through several rough patches as she faced many injuries. As a result, Raducanu’s performance was impacted negatively, and she had to step down from attending many tournaments. Now that this British tennis prodigy is back on the court, she talked about her ‘pretty intense’ days.
Emma Raducanu bagged her debut victory at the Abu Dhabi Open 2024 after recovering from a total of three surgeries. Emma Raducanu recently appeared on the sets of the Tennis Channel and had a conversation with Steve Weissman and Prakash Amritraj.
This tennis star defeated Marie Bouzkova in the Abu Dhabi Open and after that, she was asked about her surgeries. Raducanu said, “Yeah I had three surgeries in ten days, which was pretty intense. I mean for two-three weeks, you can’t do anything because all that has to swell and all that, you can’t move like I had a scooter and I can’t even use crutches. It’s because of my wrist surgeries. So, it was really difficult and I was kind of swapping two weeks in a cast and then take that of rise and spin. It wasn’t necessarily smooth coming back.”
THREE surgeries in 10 days! @EmmaRaducanu discusses her intense comeback journey 💪@Steve_Weissman | @PrakashAmritraj | #TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/3wlXlq3J6g
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) March 8, 2024
However, this tennis star expressed her pride over her latest achievement. When asked about the things she is proud of, Raducanu commented, “I think I am most proud of the way that I have refocused in difficult moments in both situations like having a lead and losing a break.”
Raducanu continued, “I think the course the way I dealt with not particularly feeling myself out there and a lot of double faults more than usual I didn’t let that affect me or bother me and I also think that the way I was able to neutralize herself and that’s one way cause it was a great contract.”
Emma Raducanu’s story of coming back from three surgeries and dominating on the court is more than impressive. However now, let’s take a look at how she played against Marie Bouzkova.
Snippets from Emma Raducanu’s recent victory at the Abu Dhabi Open 2024
British tennis prodigy Raducanu successfully entered into the second round of the Abu Dhabi Open after defeating Marie Bouzkova. With a score of 6-4,6-1, Raducanu defeated Bouzkova. In a total of 82 minutes, this British tennis star won 10 out of 11 games after the first set.
Raducanu said after winning- “I think in the beginning I was just adjusting to the speed of the court, Marie is a really tough opponent, I knew I was going to have to play so many balls. In the beginning I was missing a few of the finishing shots but I cleaned that up so I’m very happy about that.”
Raducanu’s journey to return to the court this season is a testament to her hard work. If she continues to perform with such dedication, fans will soon get to see the former US Open champion acing in her tennis game again.