Emma Raducanu

Anhelina Kalinina edged past Emma Raducanu to reach the quarter-finals of the Mutua Madrid Open on Tuesday. © Clive Brunskill/Getty Images ...

But I was mentally able to stay in it and win the set. Just staying focused, getting your strategy right and not getting frustrated is probably the most important, but easier said than done.” On facing Sorribes Tormo, she added: “You just have to expect every ball to come back. She has all the shots, that’s why it’s so tough to play her.” “I want to give credit to Emma because I think we both played very good quality, the match was great in my opinion,” Kalinina said. “Three for 17 on break points is an insane stat, that has to be a record. But it was awkward, I think we were both super on edge.” “I was kind of struggling a bit with my back, to be honest. She's covering all the court and she's playing good angles. She has all the shots, that's why it's so tough to play her. I think she's super talented [Emma Raducanu], she's amazing, she moves excellent, she has good hands, good feeling. “I’m feeling pretty positive.

Emma Raducanu was defeated by Ukrainian star Anhelina Kalinina at the Madrid Open and the US Open champion admitted she didn't know about her opponent ahead ...

She said: “I want to give credit to Emma because I think we both played at very high quality and that is why the tennis was great. Raducanu then played a poor service game before Kalinina held her nerve to secure the win in two hours and 19 minutes. Raducanu found form soon after and took the second set by showcasing the strong form she is in.

During Tuesday's match, Emma Raducanu asked for a medical timeout in the first set after feeling a lot of discomfort due to back pain.

"I was kind of struggling a bit with my back, to be honest. During Tuesday’s match, Raducanu asked for a medical timeout in the first set after feeling a lot of discomfort due to back pain. The woman prodigy said that she gave herself a 5 percent chance of securing victory given her back injury.

Emma Raducanu, the British number one, was plagued by more physical issues when she lost to Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina in the Madrid Open quarter-finals.

She said, "I would have given myself a 5% chance of winning that match." "I think it's a positive thing that I'm going through this and that my body is getting stronger with each match I play," she says. In January, she suffered a blister on her racquet hand in a second-round loss at the Australian Open, and in February, she retired with a thigh ailment after a long first-round match in Mexico.

Anhelina Kalinina racked up another upset at the Mutua Madrid Open on Tuesday, edging reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the ...

I’m just so happy that I could close the match, because it was crazy at the end, so many deciding points and so many rallies. "I’m very happy that I’m starting to move further in the big tournaments. Ultimately it was Kalinina who was more composed in the final moments:

EMMA RADUCANU has suffered several injury niggles this year, most recently in Madrid.

“A lot of the time with me it’s just overload and then two or three days’ complete rest and I’m OK to start training again,” she said. But it seems plenty are also backing the teenager to overcome her early niggles as she adjusts to life on the tour, with 44.1 percent saying they were “not concerned at all”. Another 23.3 percent said she needed to “slightly” toughen up, while 18.8 percent thought she didn’t need to.

Emma Raducanu suffered a back injury during her latest match at the Madrid Open and was knocked out by Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina.

Raducanu has certainly shown glimmers of the unstoppable young player who dominated the US Open without so much as dropping a set. Before she made her WTA Tour debut at the Nottingham Open in June 2021, Raducanu was ranked 366th in the world and despite struggling with her form of late, she has climbed to 11th, right on the cusp of the top ten. However, after losing the first set to Kalinina, Raducanu revealed she was “struggling” with a back issue and despite a strong comeback in the second set, the Ukrainian came out on top to secure her place in the next round against Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann.

Emma Raducanu was forced to leave the court for a medical timeout as she struggled with a back injury during her second round Madrid Open defeat to Anhelina ...

That was a great two-and-a-half-hour training session, that's going to build towards me physically developing. "I'm feeling pretty positive. "Throughout the week I have been carrying some niggles, and it's kind of just taking its toll.

Former world No. 7 Barbara Schett thinks it's not realistic to expect Emma Raducanu to win the French Open and also urged the British tennis community not ...

“I don’t think people will expect Emma Raducanu to win the French Open but you know she could definitely be dangerous. I don’t think people should, especially people in the UK should think, ‘Okay she’s going to win Wimbledon'," Schett added. Coming into the clay season, there was a big question of how Raducanu would play on what was considered as her weakest surface.

British number one Emma Raducanu has crashed out of the Madrid Masters as she was hampered by yet another injury problem.

“I’m feeling pretty positive. I went into the match with it. The 19-year-old told reporters post-match, “I was struggling a bit with my back.

Emma Raducanu hopes to play next week in Rome despite suffering a back injury in her Madrid Open exit to Anhelina Kalinina.

Speaking after her defeat in Madrid, Raducanu believed she had little chance of winning the match against Kalinina as she tries to get ready for the French Open later this month. The next tournament on the horizon for the young star is the Italian Open but she revealed her participation is up in the air following her latest setback. This season, Raducanu has battled a number of different fitness issues including a problem with her hip as her body struggles to cope with the demands of the tour.