At A Crossroads, Emma Raducanu Loses In Seoul Quarterfinals

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At A Crossroads, Emma Raducanu Loses In Seoul Quarterfinals
By Anton Lagani, Lawn Tennis Analyst, Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2024 8:06am PST USA

Seoul--At a crossroads in her tennis career at only age 21, the British superstar Emma Raducanu lost Friday to the top seeded Daria Kasatkinain the quarterfinals of the Hana Bank Korea Open in Seoul, Korea 6-1 after retiring from the match with a left foot injury following dropping the opening set.

Earlier in the week Raducanu defeated the 8th seeded Yue Yuan of China and Peyton Stearns of the USA in her two opening round matches.

Raducanu became a part time professional tennis player in 2018 at age 15 playing on the lower level tennis circuit in the years 2018-2020 before

Emma Raducanu of Great Britain

Raducanu skipped the Summer Olympics at Paris before competing at Wimbledon in London in July.

graduating to the highest level of women's tour in 2021.

In June 0f 2021 as an 18 year old wildcard entry, Raducanu reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in her home country.

Then two months later in New York, Raducanu won three qualifying matches and seven main draw matches all without dropping a set to win the US Open.

However Raducanu has yet to reach another final round match since the 2021 US Open.

The Brit struggled with injuries during the next two years before deciding to ungo surgery on her ankle and both of her wrists in the summer of 2023.

As a result of her surgeries and absence from the professional tour, Raducanu's singles ranking dropped below number 100.

In grand slam action this year, Raducanu lost in the second round of the Australian Open to Yafan Wang of China 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 before skipping Roland Garros.

Raducanu also skipped the Summer Olympics at Paris before competing at Wimbledon in London in July.

In the fourth round at Wimbledon, Raducanu fell to Lulu Sun of New Zealand 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.

Then in August at the US Open, Raducanu was overpowered by the hard hitting American Sofia Kenin of the USA.

Raducanu was also forced to withdraw from this week's China Open in Beijing.

"Hello," Raducanu wrote on X. "Last week in Seoul I sprained some ligaments in my foot which unfortunately need some more time to heal. It means I can't play in Beijing but I hope to be back competing as soon as I can."