{"id":296253,"date":"2023-10-19T17:40:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296253"},"modified":"2023-10-19T17:40:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:40:50","slug":"emma-raducanu-shows-off-impressive-skills-she-picked-up-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/emma-raducanu-shows-off-impressive-skills-she-picked-up-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu shows off impressive skills she picked up in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>New career Emma? Raducanu shows off impressive skills she picked up during trip to China while her recovery from injury continues<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emma Raducanu underwent ankle and wrists surgery in May\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 2021 US Open champion is targeting a return to action in 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Raducanu fell outside the top-200 in the WTA rankings last month<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Emma Raducanu appears to be as comfortable in front of a blank canvas as she is on the court.<\/p>\n<p>The British tennis star shared a video on Instagram of herself painting what appears to be a Terracotta Army a warrior in a traditional dress and the results are impressive.<\/p>\n<p>The clip starts off with Raducanu standing in front of a white canvas, before she begins sketching the contours of her painting going off a picture she has on her phone.<\/p>\n<p>By the time the video ends, the 2021 US Open winner can be seen applying the finishing touches to the painting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu, whose mother is Chinese, said revealed the session took place during her first trip to China in four years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/12\/76748443-0-image-a-71_1697713438174.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Emma Raducanu appears to have picked up painting as a hobby during her injury recovery<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Four years later I could head back to China &#8211; just like home,&#8217; Raducanu wrote on Instagram as caption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I loved spending time absorbing the culture and trying my hand at something new while in recovery.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s safe to say her foray into painting left fans impressed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You&#8217;re watching a master at work,&#8217; one wrote, while another added: &#8216;That&#8217;s actually very good, seriously impressed! Another string to your bow.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A third suggested Raducanu &#8216;could easily sell this masterpiece&#8217;, while another fan noted the Briton should turn to art full-time once her tennis career is over.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Impressive. You could be an artist after you retire,&#8217; the comment read, echoing the feeling shared by several others.<\/p>\n<p>In the caption Raducanu noted she &#8216;added a small detail&#8217; to the painting, which eagle-eyed viewers spotted as a scar on the wrist of the figure she painted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/12\/76748369-0-Emma_Raducanu_showed_off_her_artistic_skill_on_Instagram-a-81_1697713608190.jpg\" height=\"499\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/12\/76748367-0-The_2021_US_open_champion_painted_a_Terracotta_Army_warrior-a-82_1697713619136.jpg\" height=\"499\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The British tennis star shared a video on Instagram of herself painting what appears to be a Terracotta Army a warrior in a traditional dress<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/12\/76748421-0-image-a-80_1697713513775.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Raducanu underwent wrists and ankle surgery in May, which brought her season to an end<\/p>\n<p>The detail is a nod to her ongoing recovery from undergoing\u00a0surgery on both wrists and her ankle\u00a0in May.<\/p>\n<p>The surgeries forced Raducanu to miss\u00a0the\u00a0French Open, Wimbledon\u00a0and the US Open and she has plummeted to No 280 in the WTA world rankings as a result.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old has provided regular updates over her recovery by posting videos of herself working out in the gym and at home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/12\/76748387-0-image-a-83_1697713796804.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Raducanu has been beset by injuries since she won the 2021 US Open<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu hoped to make an autumn comeback after she returned to the practice court in August, but has since set her sights on returning to action next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Next season I&#8217;ll be back,&#8217; she told BBC Sport in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This season all the slams were finished so it was difficult to watch them go by but I was trying to stay in my lane as much as possible and keep focused on my recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Wimbledon is the dream and always has been growing up. 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