Emma Raducanu suffers health scare on court as medics rush to help her
Emma Raducanu suffers health scare on court as medics rush to help her
The 22-year-old needed medical assistance during the opening set of her match against Wang Xinyu
Raducanu needed medical assistance on court
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Emma Raducanu suffered a medical scare while on court at the French Open as she had her blood pressure taken by medics during her match against Wang Xinyu.
The 22-year-old was leading by six games to five in the opening set at Roland Garros when she returned to her chair and called for medical assistance from the physio. Two medics then rushed to Raducanu's aid and took her blood pressure, while she was also seen rubbing blocks of ice around her eyes.
Having been given three minutes to return to court, the former US Open Champion looked frustrated and was seen shaking her head as she answered questions from one of the medics and tried to regain her composure.
She was also seen dropping something into her water bottle before taking a few sips and returning to the court, where she served out the set in the next game.
While the exact nature of the scare remains unclear, it looks to have been the latest health setback for Raducanu, who has struggled with injury ever since she shot to stardom in 2021.
Most recently, it was a back injury that caused the British star issues at the Strasbourg Open last week, while she has also undergone multiple wrist and ankle surgeries over the course of her short career.
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While it apppears that the issue that led to the medical timeout in Paris on Monday was entirely unrelated, however, Raducanu opened up about her injury struggles before her clash with Wang.
"It is not feeling 100 per cent," she said of her back injury. "I had a spasm in Strasbourg and just been trying to manage it as best I can doing treatment.
"I've been on the practice court last night and this morning. Yeah, it felt okay, but obviously it's different playing a match. I'm trying to do everything to get up to speed as fast as possible.
"It is similar to the problem I had in Australia, I would say the one before Australia was worse.
"I feel like this one I kind of caught before it fully locked up. So I think the treatment is a lot of it with the physios, a lot of it with heat.
"At the start of the year I was so scared of needles. It was my biggest phobia. That was the only way I was going to be able to play Australia."
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Raducanu will be keen to shake off her injury struggles soon, with the French Open to contest and Wimbledon starting in just over a month.
Despite her setbacks, she has enjoyed a positive season on clay so far, reaching the fourth round of the Italian Open earlier this month before losing to eventual finalist Coco Gauff.
She was knocked out by Danielle Collins in the second round in Strasbourg, but impressed against Daria Kasatkina in her opening match.
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