Emma Raducanu took a medical time -out and struggled with a button back injury when she crashed from the queen’s tournament.
Seventeen days earlier Wimbledon Opens its doors for the 2025 championships, the biggest name in the British tennis is having to be again Manage her body in the midst of physical problems.
After losing the first set of her quarter -final draw with Qinwen Zheng, on the hottest day of the year so far, De Kent Hitter went to the changing rooms to undergo treatment.
It all relates to back cramps she has suffered before the French open And before he arrived in Paris, the 22-year-old Overcome her fear of needles to undergo acupuncture To help heal the pain.
It was almost 12 months ago on these grounds Andy Murray Wound his back injured and ultimately never played another singles match.
It is not as serious as that, but those in the Raducanu camp will pray that this incident will not disrupt its plans, because she hopes to play in Berlin next week and then Eastbourne before a fourth performance in Wimbledon’s main drawing.
Zheng, De Wereld No. 5, won 6-2 6-4 in a long-term affair and will now be confronted with an American in the semi-final-it will be Emma Navarro or Amanda Anisimova on Saturday.
Before entering the Andy Murray -Arena, Raducanu Made a point to take Airpods out of her ears and put it away, probably because she wanted to hear the crowd of the audience in front of her entrance.
How Zheng mentally would deal with a full crowd that cheered against her would play an important role in the outcome of this match.
The Olympic Singles champion, 22, was not exactly in the good books of the fans when she decided in Game Six, while at the break point on Raducanu’s serve to change her shoes.
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The Asian star slid on the grass and told the referee that she had to exchange her shoes.
Pimm’s driven gamblers had nothing of it and clapped slowly while she was sitting in her chair and stuck when she returned to the baseline, although Zheng apologized several times before the interruption.
Raducanu was not convincing on its own service And looked tense and nervous in the opening matches and even doubted some of the calls of the new electric line call system.
There were two chances, at 4-2 in the first set, where she might have been broken immediately, but Zheng, a huge star in her home country, fought those moments against.
ZHENG – Who had only won four games on grass before he faced the 2021 US Open Champion – sealed the first set with 49 minutes on the clock.
It was in bizarre circumstances when she was on the floor, after she slipped again, but Raducanu did not succeed in finding the open court and hit the ball in the net.
Raducanu, a set -down, went backstage and took a medical time out because she had treatment on a difficult underray region.
During the first set she was able to stretch her back during a switch.
These were worrying scenes, but unfortunately a situation that has since become too familiar with Raducanu Historical SLAM -victory in New York in September 2021.
Perhaps a wave of adrenaline explains how she came out as another player in the second set, racing in a 3-0 and then a 4-2 lead, the first break in game one with thanks to a Zheng Double Fault.
But with the temperature meter with 27.5 degrees, Raducanu felt the heat and soon it was 4-4 each when she gave a break to her opponent because of her sixth of seven double errors in the game.
Although she managed to avert three match points in Game 10, Zheng progressed when Raducanu’s Forehand sailed long.
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