“I thrive in Asia. It’s where I truly feel like home,” Emma Raducanu reflected last year, sharing her connection to the region, especially China, where her mother hails from and her grandmother still lives. Yet, injuries have repeatedly halted her momentum. Last year, sprained ligaments in her left foot at the Hana Bank Korea Open in Seoul. This year, fate struck again as she was forced to retire from her first-round match at the Wuhan Open due to illness. But through every setback, the former US Open champion’s grit and hunger remain unshaken, now shining through as she courageously shares her health update after her mid-match retirement.

On Threads, Raducanu recently shared an image that told its own quiet story : perched on a hospital bed in China, wearing a navy-blue Nike hoo

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