{"id":32838,"date":"2023-05-03T16:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-surgery-rules-raducanu-out\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T16:14:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:14:17","slug":"tennis-surgery-rules-raducanu-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-surgery-rules-raducanu-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis-Surgery rules Raducanu out of French Open, Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211;     Britain&#8217;s Emma Raducanu will miss the French Open and Wimbledon while she recovers from surgery on her wrists and ankle, the former U.S. Open champion said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is safe to say the last 10 months have been difficult as I dealt with a recurring injury to a bone of both hands,&#8221; Raducanu said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m having a minor procedure done on both hands to resolve the issues. I&#8217;m disappointed to share that I will be out for the next few months and while I am at it will have another minor procedure that is due on my ankle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu, who has struggled with form and fitness since her fairytale run to the U.S. Open title as an 18-year-old qualifier in 2021, withdrew from the Madrid Open last month citing an injury to her right hand.<\/p>\n<p>Her withdrawal from Madrid will likely see her fall outside the top 100 in the WTA rankings for the first time since her stunning breakthrough in New York.<\/p>\n<p>She also lost in the first round in Miami and Stuttgart and was beaten in straight sets by Coco Gauff in the second round of the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It pains me that I will miss the Summer events and I tried to down play the issues so I thank all my fans who continued to support me when you did not know the facts,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru, editing by Mitch Phillips and Toby Davis)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-surgery-rules-raducanu-out\/file-photo-wta-500-stuttgart-open-9\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ420P3-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ420P3-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-surgery-rules-raducanu-out\/file-photo-wta-500-stuttgart-open-10\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ420P1-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ420P1-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-surgery-rules-raducanu-out\/file-photo-wta-500-stuttgart-open-11\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ420P2-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ420P2-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211; Britain&#8217;s Emma Raducanu will miss the French Open and Wimbledon while she recovers from surgery on her wrists and ankle, the former U.S. Open champion said on Wednesday. &#8220;It is safe to say the last 10 months have been difficult as I dealt with a recurring injury to a bone of both hands,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":32839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1219],"tags":[1223],"class_list":["post-32838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-sports","tag-updated"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ420P3-VIEWIMAGE.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32838"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32859,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32838\/revisions\/32859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}