Coming into the 2025 season, Emma Raducanu had her priorities straight. The British No.1 had been battling recurring injuries since she stunned the world with her 2021 US Open victory. But this year, despite back issues and illness, she showed real progress. She reached the third round at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. She also made impressive deep runs: A quarterfinal in Miami, another at Queen’s Club, and a semifinal in Washington, D.C. While a title still eludes her, Raducanu isn’t done chasing the dream. Yet with injury concerns still piling up, the Briton might need to ease off the gas for a while.
After early exits in Korea, China, and Wuhan, things worsened at the Ningbo Open. During her first-round match with Ann Li in Wuhan last week, she needed her blood pres