{"id":299070,"date":"2023-11-12T07:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T07:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=299070"},"modified":"2023-11-12T07:54:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T07:54:02","slug":"raducanu-suffers-huge-rankings-drop-but-injured-star-has-neat-route-back-to-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/raducanu-suffers-huge-rankings-drop-but-injured-star-has-neat-route-back-to-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Raducanu suffers huge rankings drop but injured star has neat route back to top"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Emma Raducanu teaches tennis lesson from 4,000 miles away<\/h3>\n<p>Emma Raducanu continues to tumble down the WTA&#8217;s world rankings as her absence from the court goes on. Surgery on the youngster&#8217;s wrists and ankle earlier this year have kept her out of action for months on end, and while things could hardly get any worse, a speedy redemption may be in store once she finally recovers.<\/p>\n<p>A run of three consecutive defeats preceded Raducanu&#8217;s decision to undergo three surgeries back in May. The procedures ended her hopes of appearing in front of adoring crowds at Wimbledon, or at the US Open, where she defied the odds by winning in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Now approaching seven months on the sidelines, Raducanu has crashed all the way down to 285 in the WTA rankings. The player above her, Lizette Cabrera, has never made it beyond the first round of a Grand Slam, and neither has Kathinka von Deichmann below her.<\/p>\n<p>There will therefore be no handouts for Raducanu, but the fact she has hardly any WTA ranking points to defend means that a rapid ascendancy could be in store for when she does come back and compete.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive tennis news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <strong>Emma Raducanu makes very optimistic comeback claim after injury hiatus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/Emma-Raducanu-Miami-Open-5056179.jpg?r=1699466191609\"><\/p>\n<p>A player&#8217;s ranking is determined by their performance in a selection of their best tournaments over a rolling 52-week period. Given the volume of tournaments Raducanu has missed, on many occasions she will have no ranking points to defend whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>That means that the Brit can only gain ranking points with no risk of losing them, and even sporadic wins while she returns to full sharpness should see her steadily climb up the charts. It has long been expected that Raducanu will make her return at the Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>And the 20-year-old insists that a period away from the limelight has given her a solid mental grounding which should serve her well. &#8220;The [recovery] process is so slow and repetitive,&#8221; she told <em>Amazon Prime<\/em>. &#8220;Sometimes it\u2019s really hard to not get bored of it and just keep in mind the long-term end goal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was difficult to train after the surgeries, so it was very sedentary in the beginning. Throughout the whole period I\u2019ve been doing a lot off-court, reading a lot and watching some tennis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/Emma-Raducanu-Wimbledon-5056182.jpg?r=1699466191749\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mentally, I feel like I\u2019m in a better place to compete now than I ever have been since the US Open. It\u2019s the best feeling because after just being in the gym or the rehab room, it\u2019s really nice to go back on court and that\u2019s when you really realise how much you missed it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It makes the off-court exercises a bit easier to do because you see the reward. I know it\u2019s going to be difficult when you haven\u2019t competed for a long time, almost a year. It\u2019ll take me some tournaments to get back up to speed, but once I do, I think I\u2019m in a better headspace to compete now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/1832943\/emma-raducanu-rankings-drop-injured-tennis-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Raducanu teaches tennis lesson from 4,000 miles away Emma Raducanu continues to tumble down the WTA&#8217;s world rankings as <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Raducanu suffers huge rankings drop but injured star has neat route back to top - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/raducanu-suffers-huge-rankings-drop-but-injured-star-has-neat-route-back-to-top\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raducanu suffers huge rankings drop but injured star has neat route back to top - 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