Raducanu out of Ningbo Open after foot injury

Emma Raducanu has decided to withdraw from the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament that will take place in Ningbo, China, the following week. However, she is still holding out hope that she will be able to compete again before the end of the season.

During the Korea Open, which took place in Seoul in September, the 21-year-old player suffered a sprain to the ligaments in her foot. She eventually retired from the competition after losing the first set of her quarterfinal match against Daria Kasatkina.

In a photograph taken on Thursday, she was seen visiting children at Great Ormond Street Hospital while wearing a protective boot on her left foot.

Due to the fact that Raducanu was unable to participate in the WTA 1,000 events that took place in Beijing and Wuhan, she is now focusing on the Hong Kong Open, which will begin on October 28.

That would be Raducanu’s last opportunity to compete before participating in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Malaga, which would be the final event of the season.

The first-round match between Great Britain and Germany is scheduled to take place on November 15th respectively.

According to the rankings, Raducanu is currently ranked 57th in the world; however, her ascent up the rankings has been hampered by the injury she sustained and the decision she made to compete in only one tournament between Wimbledon and the US Open this season.

Although Raducanu had advanced to the second round of the Australian Open in January, she made the decision to forego the French Open in order to concentrate on improving her fitness.

She made it to the fourth round at Wimbledon, which allowed her to regain her position in the top 100 of the world rankings, but in August, she was defeated by the American Sofia Kenin in the first round of the US Open.

Even though Sabalenka is fighting back in Wuhan, Pegula is defeated.
In order to advance to the quarterfinals of the Wuhan Open, the top seed Aryna Sabalenka had to come back from a set down. On the other hand, the third-ranked player in the world, Jessica Pegula, was defeated in an unexpected manner.

After suffering a lopsided defeat in the first set to Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, the Belarusian Sabalenka, who is 26 years old, came back to win 1-6, 6-4, and 6-0, claiming victory in each of the final nine games.

Pegula, the second seed from the United States, was defeated by Wang Xinyu of China in a match that ended in a straight set.

Wang, who is ranked 51st, has advanced to the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament for the first time. She managed to keep her composure and accept her second match point after being broken while serving for a spot in the final eight at 5-4.

Meanwhile, Jasmine Paolini, who was the third seed from Italy, and Coco Gauff, who was the fourth seed from the United States, both advanced without incident.

Paolini prevailed over Erika Andreeva, who had previously triumphed over her sister Mirra on Wednesday, by a score of 6-3, 6-2. Gauff, who had previously triumphed over Marta Kostyuk by a score of 6-4, 6-1, also secured a victory in straight sets.

Paolini, who finished in second place at both Wimbledon and the French Open, will face Zheng Qinwen, who is the fifth seed representing China. This comes after Paolini defeated Leylah Fernandez of Canada by a score of 5-7, 6-3, and 6-0.