Emma Raducanu issues health update and drops revealing hint about 2026 schedule | Tennis | Sport

Emma Raducanu has admitted she’s in a “pretty good place” after enjoying a decent season on the court. The 2021 US Open champion reached the third round of Wimbledon in the summer and will be aiming to reach the second week of next month’s Australian Open.

Raducanu has risen to No. 29 in the world this year after finding herself down in 61st position back in March. The 23-year-old appeared at all four Grand Slams for the first time since 2022 and reached the quarter-finals of the Miami Open in the spring, before progressing to the semi-finals in Washington in July. But she suffered with foot and back issues as well as illness during the Asian swing in the autumn and hasn’t played a competitive match since the Wuhan Open at the start of October.

Raducanu provided an update on her health during an interview with the BBC Today programme. And the Briton explained: “I feel quite content with how things are going on and off the court. I’m in a pretty good place.

“I just think, despite any challenges I have been facing with the foot or the health at the end of the season, I feel in a good place, and I’m building back in the gym to start with.

“And I’m feeling pretty relaxed ahead of next year, which is a good place to be. And I’m just proud of the season that I put in this year and the progress I have made.”

Turning her attention to the 2026 tennis season, the talented ace then explained: “I would say that next year, I hope to play less than I did this year. But I think also just incorporating into my warm-ups, fitness, so it’s not necessarily just my fitness sessions are like separate.

“You just have to try and drip feed as much as you can in for the overall health of your body. Little and often, I think, is the biggest thing that’s helped.

“And most of all, I think I found a lot more peace with myself and I’m a lot happier with how I’m approaching my tennis and how I’m approaching the team that I have and just what I’m doing and the environment that I have.

“I think that’s the most special thing because it takes so much work and so many days to get to where we want to be. And just enjoying each day and being able to look at it in a pretty healthy perspective is so important.”