{"id":731932,"date":"2026-06-29T00:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731932\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T00:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:33:10","slug":"wimbledon-2026-emma-raducanu-pulls-out-through-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731932\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon 2026: Emma Raducanu pulls out through injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

To play or not to play? That was the question racing around Raducanu’s mind all day on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Like any British player, Raducanu does not want to miss Wimbledon – and it is why she left making the decision to pull out until so late.<\/p>\n

However, she ultimately felt she had to listen to the advice from doctors.<\/p>\n

It is another bitter setback for Raducanu in a short career which has been blighted by a series of injury problems since her fairytale US Open victory in New York five years ago.<\/p>\n

Bone bruising on her right foot ended her 2025 season in October and also limited her work in the off-season.<\/p>\n

After reaching the Transylvanian Open final in February, she picked up a viral illness that meant she only played six matches from early February to the start of Queen’s earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Raducanu’s run to the Queen’s final bred confidence and increased optimism<\/a> she could have a successful Wimbledon, where she reached the fourth round in 2021 and 2024.<\/p>\n

But that positivity has quickly been drained by Raducanu’s body letting her down again.<\/p>\n

While she did look relatively upbeat at Wimbledon given the circumstances, it is indisputable that this is another hugely frustrating moment for her.<\/p>\n

At the French Open last month, an emotional Raducanu admitted that maintaining a positive mindset can be difficult with the number of obstacles she has endured.<\/p>\n

Now, with the cycle of a step forward being followed by a setback continuing, she must again draw strength from adversity.<\/p>\n

“I have great people around me. I have amazing support from my team, from my family, from my friends. It means a lot,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Being around positive people, around positive influences, it’s always going to help through tough times.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To play or not to play? That was the question racing around Raducanu’s mind all day on Sunday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-731932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}