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Raducanu returns at United Cup after six months out
The British tennis star will play her first match since June at the team event in Australia in January, using a special ranking to enter tournaments.
In brief
The British tennis star will play her first match since June at the team event in Australia in January, using a special ranking to enter tournaments. Emma Raducanu will return to competitive tennis at the United Cup in January after missing six months with a shin stress fracture. Originally reported by BBC News.
Raducanu to return in January
Emma Raducanu will make her return to tennis at the United Cup team competition in Australia in the first week of two thousand twenty-seven.
Six months sidelined by injury
Britain's two thousand twenty-one US Open champion has not played since June because of a stress fracture of the shin.
Missed Wimbledon after Queen's loss
Raducanu was beaten by Croatia's Donna Vekic in her first grass-court final at Queen's Club on fourteen June, but had to pull out of Wimbledon fourteen days later.
Special ranking unlocks tournament entry
By delaying her return until January, the twenty-three-year-old will use a special ranking of thirty-eight to enter tournaments, available to players injured for at least six months.
Ranking opens eight events next year
With a special ranking of thirty-eight, Raducanu can enter eight events in two thousand twenty-seven, including two Grand Slams and five WTA one thousand tournaments.Her actual ranking of one hundred seven would be too low.
British number one for United Cup
A ranking of thirty-eight makes Raducanu the British number one for the United Cup, giving her the chance to play alongside Arthur Fery in a competition featuring eighteen national teams.
Britain faces Australia and France
Britain will play Australia and France in their group matches in Sydney from one to ten January. Raducanu can expect to face current top-forty players Talia Gibson and Diane Parry.
Long layoff raises match fitness concerns
Raducanu made a gradual return to training in early September but will have been sidelined for over six months. Playing tournaments in Asia might have helped regain match sharpness faster.
The main idea
Emma Raducanu will return to competitive tennis at the United Cup in January after missing six months with a shin stress fracture.
