Emma Raducanu provides injury update after Madrid Open exit

Emma Raducanu is optimistic of competing in Rome next week despite struggling with a back injury as she bowed out of the Madrid Open following a three-set defeat against Anhelina Kalinina.

Raducanu was out of sorts and outmuscled in an opening set that lasted just 35 minutes, after which she briefly left the court for a medical timeout having clutched her back on a couple of occasions.

Amazingly, she seemed rejuvenated thereafter and took advantage of Kalinina’s levels dipping to force a decider, only for the unseeded Ukrainian to prevail 6-2 2-6 6-4 in two hours and 19 minutes.

The wins keep coming