{"id":547777,"date":"2026-04-24T06:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/547777\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:16:24","slug":"emma-raducanu-may-be-close-to-a-comeback-after-madrid-open-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/547777\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu may be close to a comeback after Madrid Open revelation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Raducanu<\/a> is a notable absentee from this year\u2019s Madrid Open, as she extended time away from the sport continues amid an ongoing issue with a viral infection.<\/p>\n

Raducanu has not played since a heavy defeat against Amanda Anisimova at the start of March and her plans to return at this week\u2019s Madrid Open were shelved shortly before the draw.<\/p>\n

There has been speculation that the 2021 US Open champion will now skip the entire clay court season and look to return on her favoured grass courts in June, but former British No 1 Greg Rusedski has suggested she should try and play before them.<\/p>\n

Despite her lack of activity on court, Raducanu is still on course to be seeded for next month\u2019s French Open, but she has yet to confirm whether she intends to play at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n

Now Rusedski has urged her to try and make it back on court soon, as she looks to kick-start a career that has been plagued by injury and sickness issues over the last five years.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf your preparation on the clay is really good, even if you\u2019re not a natural clay quarter, your results really end up going well on the grass court season,\u201d said Rusedski, on the latest edition of his podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI always felt that myself. I wasn\u2019t the best clay court player on the planet, but I used that period to get myself stronger, move better, you know, get all those aspects in. So when I came to the grass, it was just so easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Emma needs to get back on court. You can\u2019t just say, okay, let\u2019s give up clay and let\u2019s just get onto the grass courts. I think you\u2019ve got to get the balance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first thing is get healthy. Get rid of this virus, get to your nutritionist, get your diet right, get your vitamin intake, what you need to get rid of this virus. Because it\u2019s such a shame she hasn\u2019t been able to play it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels like forever she hasn\u2019t played a tournament. I know she flew out to Madrid. So, you know, fingers crossed she\u2019s ready to go in Rome.\u201d<\/p>\n

The WTA 1000 tournament in Rome is the next possible comeback date for Raducanu and if she doesn\u2019t play in that tournament, she could head into the French Open without any clay court practice under her belt.<\/p>\n

Despite her lack of time on court, Rusedski is convinced there can be good times ahead for the British No 1 if she can regain her health and fitness.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been too long away for the game and it\u2019s been too much stop-start. She\u2019s too good a player not to be knocking on that door,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s got to manage their body differently. For me, I always believe skinny is strong with a good diet.<\/p>\n

\u201cNovak [Djokovic] at one stage, I know with his team, they were complaining about him not eating enough. You know, he was just having too much of liquid diet, was too skinny, but then he got the balance with protein, nutrition, everything right to work out the way he wanted to eat.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think that\u2019s what she has to go. She has to figure out, okay, where\u2019s my nutrition? Where\u2019s my supplements? Where\u2019s my physical programme? How much tennis, how much gym, and getting that balance right? It\u2019s really tricky because we all have different body types, all different metabolisms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen also the recovery time. That\u2019s where you look at someone like Jannik Sinner. He\u2019s just a gold standard in the men\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you look at Aryna Sabalenka and she\u2019s the gold standard in the women\u2019s game. She\u2019s never injured, she schedules great, she\u2019s always on everything, she still enjoys her life outside of tennis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about not leaving any stone unturned and just doing the smaller things a little bit better. And that\u2019s why Sabalenka is number one, and that\u2019s why Sinner\u2019s number one. There\u2019s no surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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