Emma Raducanu hopes to be fit for Australian Open

Emma Raducanu criticised the "slippery" courts astatine the ASB Classic successful Auckland aft retiring from her second-round lucifer with an ankle injury

Emma Raducanu says she hopes she volition beryllium acceptable for this month's Australian Open but is trying "not to expect excessively much".

The Grand Slam begins adjacent Monday, with the afloat grade of the 2021 US Open champion's wounded yet to beryllium diagnosed.

"We'll spot hopefully by Monday oregon whenever the tourney starts," Raducanu said.

"We're conscionable taking it a time astatine a clip and not trying to expect excessively overmuch astatine this point."

Raducanu near the tribunal successful tears past week aft rolling her ankle during the 2nd acceptable against Slovakia's Viktoria Kuzmova, with the people 6-0 5-7.

The satellite fig 75 is hoping to amended connected her second-round exit successful her Australian Open debut successful 2022.

"It was truly unfortunate due to the fact that I was feeling large astir my play and I was feeling truly bully with the mentation I did physically," said Raducanu, who has been moving with Andy Murray's erstwhile carnal trainer Jez Green successful a bid to marque herself little wounded prone.

"I conscionable had an mishap connected the court, I don't cognize what I could person done to truly forestall that."

Raducanu had an injury-blighted 2022 season, retiring from 5 matches, but said she was injury-free and feeling "good" pursuing an accumulation lucifer successful December.

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