Emma
Raducanu commented that she hopes to stay healthy after her victory over Rebeka
Masarova by 6-2, 6-3 at
Indian Wells. The 2021 US Open champion said she is
happy with the first-round result but emphasized that her priority is to stay
in good health.
The former
world No. 10 was off the tour for 9 months in 2023 and underwent surgeries on
her ankle and both wrists: “I had 3 surgeries within 10 days, which is pretty
intense. For 2 or 3 weeks you can't do anything because you're not allowed to
sweat. You can't move.. like I had a scooter, I couldn't even use crutches
because of my wrist surgeries. It was really difficult.
“I was kind
of swapping, you know two weeks the right [wrist] was in a cast. Then I take
that off.. the right is in a splint. Take that off. The left goes in a cast.
Then the left goes in a splint... And then it wasn't necessarily smooth coming
back. I had a few set backs so… I started training pretty much in December
again and that's not much time to kind of get ready.
According
to Raducanu, despite the long time away from the courts, she couldn't do much
training for her comeback in Australia at the beginning of the season: “Australia
was in a bit of doubt as well. So to make it there and to be feeling healthy on
the court now is the biggest win,” she said
“I know
that good things and good results will come as long as I can stay healthy. Just
doing the work. I know that good results will come as long as I can stay
healthy and just keep doing the work that I am right now consistently day in
and day out,” she added.
