Emma Raducanu was supposed to play in Madrid yesterday but she pulled out due to a hand injury which further raised concern about the fitness of the Brit.
Injuries have been largely the story of Raducanu's career, at least in the past year or so. She's already been out for weeks this year due to various injuries and now she'll miss Rome because of another. Speaking about the situation on the Tennis Channel, Roddick noted that it's been a lot of minor injuries thankfully:
"The thing about these injuries is there’s seems to be a lot of stop and start, there hasn’t been an injury that’s kept her out let’s say two or three months at a time. A week here, a week there but never actually taking away a big chunk of time so hopefully that’s still the case and we’re not dealing with something more serious."
He did raise some concerns about her team and the way things are being done. From an outside perspective it seems like there are a lot of voices, according to Roddick:
"I hope she’s getting the right advice on how to go about the program. Not just with the wrist and this exit from Madrid but about the January through November how are we going to pace ourselves. What are we going to play. What surfaces am I best on. I think it’s really hard to boil these down so a focused set of advice is something. It seems there are a lot of voices in the room and it doesn’t seem super focused but we hope she gets back and healthy because she is a superstar."
