{"id":295343,"date":"2023-11-03T21:24:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295343"},"modified":"2023-11-03T21:24:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:24:24","slug":"raducanu-itching-to-get-back-on-the-court-following-three-surgeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/raducanu-itching-to-get-back-on-the-court-following-three-surgeries\/","title":{"rendered":"Raducanu &apos;itching&apos; to get back on the court following THREE surgeries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Emma Raducanu has honed painting and piano skills during her time out with injury but she is &#8216;itching&#8217; to get back on the court for the first time since April following THREE surgeries\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emma Raducanu has been away from the tennis court since April through injury\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>The 20-year-old has seen her world ranking fall down to 284 during her time out<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span>She is due to play exhibition tennis in Asia ahead of the start of next season\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Emma Raducanu believes that time off has put her in the right place to begin her comeback as she ramps up preparations to return to the court.<\/p>\n<p>The former US Open champion said she was \u2018itching\u2019 to get back to wielding a racket after a hiatus caused by three minor surgeries which has allowed her time to learn how to play the piano and work on her painting skills.<\/p>\n<p>Now ranked 284 having not played since April, she is due to play some exhibition tennis in Asia ahead of the start of next season in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was difficult to train after the surgeries, so it was very sedentary in the beginning,\u2019 she said in an interview with Amazon Prime, referring to the span of time from May onwards when she had operations on her wrists and ankle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Through the whole period, I\u2019ve been doing a lot off court, reading a lot and watching some tennis. Mentally, I feel like I\u2019m in a better place to compete now than I ever have been before since the US Open.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/19\/77379335-12708373-image-a-36_1699039808884.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Emma Raducanu&#8217;s last outing came in the Madrid Open against\u00a0Viktoriya Tomova in April\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/19\/76748369-12708373-Emma_Raducanu_showed_off_her_artistic_skill_on_Instagram-a-33_1699039628297.jpg\" height=\"501\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/19\/76748367-12708373-The_2021_US_open_champion_painted_a_Terracotta_Army_warrior-a-34_1699039628300.jpg\" height=\"501\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The British tennis star shared a video on Instagram of herself painting what appears to be a Terracotta Army a warrior in a traditional dress<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/19\/76748421-12708373-Raducanu_underwent_wrists_and_ankle_surgery_in_May_which_brought-a-35_1699039631455.jpg\" height=\"636\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Raducanu underwent wrists and ankle surgery in May, which brought her season to an end<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I just really wanted to expand what I do off the court because obviously when you\u2019re playing you have little to no time to do anything. So, it was nice to have some time to learn new skills and do things I\u2019d never done or tried before. At the end of the day, I\u2019m itching to get back on court.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu is not going to rush matters, but reckons she will be in a stronger position eventually.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m hoping to get back on board for next season. I know it\u2019s going to be difficult when you haven\u2019t competed for a long time, like almost a year. It\u2019s going to probably take me some tournaments to get up to speed. But, once I do, I think I\u2019m in a better headspace to compete now.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With the main tour season coming to an end, she will be absent when Britain\u2019s Billie Jean King Cup team take on Sweden in London next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12708373\/Emma-Raducanu-honed-painting-piano-skills-time-injury-itching-court-time-April-following-THREE-surgeries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Raducanu has honed painting and piano skills during her time out with injury but she is &#8216;itching&#8217; to get back on the court for the first time since April following THREE surgeries\u00a0 Emma Raducanu has been away from the tennis court since April through injury\u00a0 The 20-year-old has seen her world ranking fall down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Raducanu &amp;apos;itching&amp;apos; 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