Really not varnished… Back on track with her new coach Sebastian Sachs, Emma Raducanu had to get past Viktoria Kuzmova to reach the quarterfinals in Auckland. Unfortunately for her, after losing the second set 7-5 and despite winning the first set 6-0, the Englishwoman had to withdraw after twisting her left ankle. With 11 days to go before the start of the Australian Open, there was no worse way to start the season for the player who wanted an injury-free 2023.
After her injury, the young player did not hesitate to tackle the organizers. “To be honest, the courts were incredibly slippery, but very slippery. Honestly, it’s not a surprise that this happened to someone,” she lamented. Because of the rain, the organizers had been forced to shift the indoor program…