{"id":294198,"date":"2023-10-19T18:11:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=294198"},"modified":"2023-10-19T18:11:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:11:49","slug":"emma-raducanu-told-when-to-make-injury-comeback-as-brits-schedule-still-unclear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/tennis\/emma-raducanu-told-when-to-make-injury-comeback-as-brits-schedule-still-unclear\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu told when to make injury comeback as Brit’s schedule still unclear"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Billie Jean King has urged Emma Raducanu not to play until she is completely healthy. The Brit underwent three surgeries in May and has not competed since. Raducanu\u2019s comeback date is still unknown after she wasn\u2019t included in Britain\u2019s BJK Cup squad for next month\u2019s tie against Sweden but King doesn\u2019t want the 20-year-old to rush her return anyway.<\/p>\n

Raducanu has not played a match since April, crashing out in the first round of the Stuttgart Open. She then went to the WTA 1000 in Madrid but withdrew hours before her match and ended up having surgery on both of her wrists and one ankle a few weeks later.<\/p>\n

There were hopes that the former world No 10 could return in time for the Asian swing after the US Open but she is still yet to announce a comeback tournament. Raducanu\u2019s return is still uncertain after she wasn\u2019t included in the British BJK Cup squad as she still isn\u2019t ready to compete.<\/p>\n

But Billie Jean King has taken the pressure off as she said the 20-year-old shouldn\u2019t come back until she\u2019s healthy. \u201cWe need Raducanu to be healthy, number one,\u201d the tennis legend told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe’s a great person. She’s interested in the world around her, she can speak more than one language – she can speak Chinese because her mother’s Chinese. She’s somebody who I think is interesting as a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n

King – who was present for Raducanu\u2019s unprecedented 2021 US Open title win – said she was looking forward to seeing the Brit back on a tennis court. And she endorsed the former world No 10\u2019s decision to take several months out in order to have surgery.<\/p>\n

The retired former world No 1 continued: \u201cI’m interested in her next chapter and I want her to be really healthy so she can play tennis, because I know she loves to play. We’ll see how that goes.<\/p>\n