Emma Raducanu latest player to pull out of Hong Kong Open, replaced by Sofia Kenin
US Open winner has spent past month recovering from a foot injury and had already missed four events on WTA’s Asian swing
Emma Raducanu has become the latest player to drop out of this month’s Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open, just 24 hours after Naomi Osaka was forced to withdraw through injury.
Raducanu, who has been recovering from the foot injury that forced her to retire ahead of her Korea Open quarter-final against Daria Kasatkina a month ago, has already missed four tournaments on the WTA’s Asian swing; the China Open, and events in Wuhan, Ningbo and this week in Guangzhou.
Her spot at the Victoria Park Tennis Stadium event, which starts next Monday, has been filled by another grand slam winner, the Moscow-born American Sofia Kenin.
In a social media post on Wednesday, Raducanu said she was sorry not to be playing in the tournament, but while her foot was “making good progress, I need a little more time before I am match fit”.
“I hope to be able to come back and play this tournament in the future,” she added.
The 25-year-old Kenin, who is ranked 26th in the world, is playing in this week’s Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, where she will face Clara Tauson of Denmark in the round of 16 on Wednesday.
