{"id":11312,"date":"2026-06-27T21:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/emma-raducanu-cuts-practice-short-ahead-of-wimbledon-due-to-injury-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T21:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:33:43","slug":"emma-raducanu-cuts-practice-short-ahead-of-wimbledon-due-to-injury-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/emma-raducanu-cuts-practice-short-ahead-of-wimbledon-due-to-injury-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu Cuts Practice Short Ahead of Wimbledon Due to Injury Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/tag\/emma-raducanu\/\" data-ailt=\"1\">Emma Raducanu<\/a>&#039;s participation in Wimbledon is uncertain after the British number one cut short her practice session on Saturday due to a shin problem. The 23-year-old, seeded 30th, is scheduled to begin her campaign on Monday against Croatia&#039;s Antonia Ruzic at 13:00 BST on Court One.<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu had not practiced on Thursday and Friday but returned to the courts on Saturday. She wore strapping on her lower right leg and appeared tentative during her hour-long session with her team at Aorangi Park, where her mobility was not heavily tested.<\/p>\n<p>Following her practice with Russian Anna Kalinskaya, Raducanu lost four games in their practice set before deciding to stop. Less than half an hour after leaving the court, it was announced that her scheduled news conference for Saturday afternoon had been canceled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/tag\/wimbledon\/\" data-ailt=\"1\">Wimbledon<\/a> organizers stated that Raducanu&#039;s media duties would be rescheduled for Sunday. Even if she is fit to compete against Ruzic, her disrupted preparation raises concerns about her readiness for the demands of a Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Since her US Open victory in 2021, Raducanu has faced numerous injury challenges. A viral illness limited her to just six matches from early February until the start of Queen&#039;s earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Although she reached the final at Queen&#039;s, where she lost to Croatia&#039;s Donna Vekic, the physical toll of playing five matches in six days has affected her fitness.<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu&#039;s ongoing struggles with injuries have been a significant concern for her career trajectory, as she aims to regain her form and competitiveness on the court. The upcoming days will be crucial in determining her fitness and ability to participate in the prestigious tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Raducanu&#8217;s fitness for Wimbledon is in doubt after she cut practice short due to a shin issue, raising concerns ahead of her first match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[786,785,584,429,759,757],"class_list":["post-11312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-british-tennis","tag-emma-raducanu","tag-injury","tag-sports-news","tag-tennis","tag-wimbledon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11315,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11312\/revisions\/11315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}