Tennis News: When competing in the Mubadala exhibition event in Abu Dhabi, world No. 2 Ons Jabeur was closely pursued by Emma Raducanu, who made a promising comeback from a wrist injury.
The 20-year-old won the first set after coming back from a breakdown, but she lost the second set and the match in the tie-break, 5-7 6-3 10-8.
Since she had to end her season in early October due to a wrist injury, Raducanu was making her return.
She rallied to win the opening set against the defending champion after falling behind 5-3 in the first set.
In the sixth game of the second set, Raducanu was broken in response by Jabeur, who maintained that lead to equal the score in 36 minutes and force a tie-break.
At 8-6, Raducanu once more had the upper hand, but Jabeur rallied to win the final four points and keep the title.
Nevertheless, Raducanu put up a strong performance and will now focus on honing her skills for Melbourne’s Australian Open next month.
Yes, Raducanu declared, “I’m very happy. “I had to cut my season short due to a wrist injury, so I’ve just been building in the gym, starting to play again in the last two weeks, so delighted to be making some progress, and looking forward to 2023,” the athlete said.
In order to further in her growth in 2023, after being hampered by injuries during her first full year on the WTA Tour, Raducanu is reportedly planning to name Sebastian Sachs as her fifth coach in the past 18 months.
Sachs, who has also worked with Victoria Azarenka and Germany’s Julia Goerges in the past, coached Belinda Bencic to an Olympic gold medal last year.
When Raducanu defeated Bencic in the quarterfinals of the British player’s victorious US Open debut in 2021, he was particularly on Bencic’s side.
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