Raducanu 'buzzing' after averting Australian Open injury scare: "I'm not stressed about the lack of tennis too much"

Emma Raducanu is excited about the Australian Open as she seems to be good to go following an ankle injury at the Auckland tennis event a week ago.

Raducanu rolled her ankle in the second match she played at the event and it left her in tears while leaving the court. She worked really hard to build her body and didn't want to miss the first major of the year with an injury. She worked hard to recover quickly and it seems like she was able to.

Speaking at the press conference before the event, Raducanu said:

“In the match obviously you’re a bit worried when you go over on it and you don’t really know what’s going on. We’ve been working hard, it’s been a team effort to get me to this place and we’ve definitely expedited the process but I’m feeling really good and looking forward to getting out on the court."

She credited her team further for the effort:

“It’s huge props to my team here and back home that have helped get me to this place. For the ankle, I feel really good. It’s going to be more introducing certain things, and the rate at which we’ve had to do it has been really quick. I started practising midweek and we’ve been building it up pretty gradually. But I think that I’ve not really played much tennis ever in my career so I’m kind of used to it. And I’m not stressed about the lack of tennis that much.”

She's expecting a better year in 2023 because she worked hard and feels stronger:

“I would say I’m definitely in stronger shape. I’m in a better condition physically. I did a lot of work and I’m very pleased with how it went physically.”