Emma Raducanu 'hopefully' playing at Indian Wells despite wrist injury return

Emma Raducanu has not played since the Australian Open successful January

Emma Raducanu volition "hopefully" beryllium capable to play astatine Indian Wells but says past year's wrist occupation has returned.

But Raducanu had strapping connected some of her wrists during Wednesday's one-hour signifier league with her manager Sebastian Sachs.

"The aforesaid contented that I had past twelvemonth has stared to flare backmost up," she said.

Speaking to BBC Sport, she added: "I've decidedly been managing my load. It's thing that has conscionable travel back, truthful I'm trying to beryllium arsenic cautious arsenic possible.

"I'm going to bash everything I tin to beryllium determination tomorrow.

"I deliberation we ever play done symptom and it's conscionable a substance of however overmuch tin you instrumentality - I'm looking guardant to hopefully being retired determination tomorrow."

The injury, which forced Raducanu to extremity past play aboriginal and miss the Billie Jean King Cup Finals successful Glasgow, lone affects her close wrist.

There were not excessively galore signs of discomfort successful Wednesday's signifier session, though she did instrumentality her manus disconnected the racquet a mates of times.

It was the archetypal clip Raducanu had practised since the weekend, and connected Tuesday she pulled retired of the Eisenhower Cup accumulation event successful which she had been owed to play mixed doubles with chap Briton Cameron Norrie.

Fresh concerns astir her wrist travel a bout of tonsillitis, which outgo Raducanu the accidental to play successful past week's ATX Open successful Austin, Texas.

"It affected maine atrocious for the abbreviated word truthful I haven't prepared much. I've astir apt ne'er felt truthful sick successful my life," said Raducanu.

"When it rains, it pours. This and the corruption - it's evidently a challenge. My mentation hasn't been ideal. I played connected the play and past I rested it - it's however you negociate things erstwhile you aren't prepared."

Raducanu - the 2021 US Open champion - has been capable to play conscionable 4 matches truthful acold this season.

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