Former British No. 1 Johanna Konta does not expect Emma Raducanu to take “extra time out just for the sake of it” following surgery and thinks she can still do “brilliant things”.
Raducanu has said she will miss the “next few months” of the season after undergoing surgery on both hands and her ankle. Ad The 20-year-old is set to miss the French Open and Wimbledon, and could also be a doubt for the US Open, where she won in stunning fashion as a qualifier in 2021.
Roland-GarrosRaducanu undergoes hand and ankle surgery, will miss French Open and Wimbledon03/05/2023 AT 15:52 Raducanu has been managing issues with her hand for most of the season, and Konta thinks she will come back stronger from the surgery. «Overall, I can imagine that this surgery wasn't a surprise for Emma,» the former world No.
4 told Sky Sports. «She's probably had enough time to work up her feelings and go through everything in her head so now it's going to be the big recovery process.