Emma Raducanu missing Wimbledon 2023 as Brit’s injury problems explained

Emma Raducanu is set to miss Wimbledon this year as she continues a tough few years since her breakthrough at the Championships in 2021. The 20-year-old British sensation reached the fourth round two years ago, just months before she stunned the tennis world by winning the US Open. 

Since that remarkable triumph at Flushing Meadows, though, Raducanu’s journey has been a bumpy one. Dips in form have coincided with unfortunate injuries, seeing the Bromley-based starlet drop down the rankings. 

Raducanu will be a key absentee from Wimbledon this summer. While most of tennis’ biggest names will step out at SW19 over the next two weeks, Raducanu will be undergoing an important stage of her rehabilitation from a couple of recurring injuries. 

In May, the World No 132 underwent three surgeries in a bid to finally halt ongoing ankle and wrist problems that had plagued the previous two years of her career. Both of her wrists and also her ankle were operated on within the space of two weeks. 

Not only will those surgeries keep Raducanu out of Wimbledon, but there have been some suggestions that she may also miss the second anniversary of her US Open success. It is currently unclear if the British No 3’s season is over entirely. 

Writing at the time of her surgeries, Raducanu said: “It is safe to say the last 10 months have been difficult as I dealt with a recurring injury on a bone of both hands. 

“I tried my best to manage the pain and play through it for most of this year and end of last year by reducing practice load dramatically, missing weeks of training as well as cutting last season short to try heal it, unfortunately it’s not enough.

Raducanu recently opened up on sometimes wishing she had not won the US Open due to the pressures and problems since. She told The Times: “That moment on the court, when I was celebrating [the US Open win], I was like, I would literally trade any struggle in the world for this moment. 

“Anything can come my way, I will take it for what I have right now because this is the best thing in the world. I promised myself that, on the court that day. 

“Since then I’ve had a lot of setbacks, one after the other. I am resilient, my tolerance is high, but it’s not easy. And sometimes I think to myself ‘I wish I’d never won the US Open, I wish that didn’t happen’. Then I am like, ‘remember that feeling, remember that promise’ because it was completely pure.”