Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the Miami Open on the eve of the joint ATP and WTA 1000 match as a result of a decrease again harm.
Raducanu had hoped to construct on her optimistic performances at Indian Wells during the last two weeks and he or she had been handed a good draw, with a first-round assembly in opposition to Wang Xiyu of China and the winner going through Anna Kalinskaya, the twenty second seed, within the second spherical.
At Indian Wells, Raducanu gained two matches at a match for the primary time since her return to the tour originally of the 12 months. Raducanu then misplaced 6-3, 7-5 to Aryna Sabalenka, exhibiting her battle and shotmaking skills in two tight, high quality units.
As a substitute of constant to construct momentum and gaining factors to rise again up the rankings following her eight-month layoff as a result of surgical procedures on each fingers and an ankle, Raducanu has suffered yet one more disappointing setback.
In keeping with a member of Raducanu’s camp, the harm is just not severe however she has been feeling ache in her again and didn’t need to threat worsening it. It stays to be seen if Raducanu shall be match for the Billie Jean King Cup tie in opposition to France subsequent month, which is her subsequent scheduled competitors.
Final week, she was introduced as a part of Britain’s staff alongside Katie Boulter, Heather Watson and Harriet Dart for the qualifying tie in Le Portel. The tie begins on 12 April, which means Raducanu has three and a half weeks to get better and put together for the beginning of one other clay court docket season.
Within the males’s draw, Andy Murray faces a tricky opening-round match in opposition to the previous prime 10 participant Matteo Berrettini. A finalist at Wimbledon in 2021, Berrettini is on the comeback path after an injury-ravaged 18 months and he has fallen out of the highest 100. The Italian performed his first match in seven months final week, reaching the ultimate of the Phoenix challenger earlier than shedding to No 60 Nuno Borges of Portugal. Final 12 months, Murray recovered from match-point all the way down to defeat Berrettini after 5 units within the opening spherical of the Australian Open.