Emma Raducanu: British No 1 to miss next week’s WTA event in Monterrey due to leg injury | Tennis News

Emma Raducanu next scheduled to play in Indian Wells from week of March 9; the Briton, 19, retired in final set of match against Daria Saville in Guadalajara on Wednesday with leg injury; that contest was her first outing since defeat in second round of Australian Open in January

Emma Raducanu retired in Guadalajara on Wednesday after suffering a leg injury while playing Daria Saville

Emma Raducanu has pulled out of the WTA tournament in Monterrey next week after injury forced her to retire in the final set of a match in Guadalajara on Wednesday.

The British No 1 and 2021 US Open champion suffered a minor issue with her left leg during a gruelling first-round match against Daria Saville, which lasted over three and a half hours.

The 19-year-old is next scheduled to play in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells from March 9.

Raducanu, if fit to play, will receive a first-round bye and not play her opening match until March 11 or 12.

The Bromley-based player’s clash with Saville was her first outing since her defeat to Danka Kovinic in the second round of the Australian Open, a game in which Raducanu was hampered by a hand blister.

Her pre-season training in December was also disrupted by a bout of Covid-19.

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