Emma Raducanu retires from Italian Open first-round clash against Bianca Andreescu with back injury | Tennis News
The 2021 US Open winner and world number 12 was trailing 6-2 2-1 at the time of her withdrawal against the Canadian, another former US Open winner, in 2019, who has battled her own injury troubles through her career
Last Updated: 10/05/22 5:58pm
Emma Raducanu receives treatment on court for a back injury that forced her to retire from her first-round match
British number one Emma Raducanu was forced to retire from her Italian Open first-round match with Bianca Andreescu with a back injury.
The 2021 US Open winner and world number 12 was trailing 6-2 2-1 at the time of her withdrawal against the Canadian, another former US Open winner, in 2019, who has battled her own injury troubles through her career.
Raducanu has had mixed results after winning her maiden Grand Slam title at last year’s US Open but has had an encouraging run in the clay court season where she reached the Stuttgart quarter-finals and Madrid last 16.
The 19-year-old split with her former coach Torben Beltz last month.
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