Injured Raducanu withdraws from Beijing Open

Emma Raducanu has pulled retired of this week's China Open successful Beijing because of a ft injury.

The 21-year-old Briton had to discontinue injured from her Korea Open quarter-final successful Seoul connected Saturday because of nan issue.

Raducanu's sanction appeared successful nan Beijing tie erstwhile it was released connected Monday earlier she withdrew soon afterwards.

She was owed to look a qualifier successful nan first round, pinch Chinese 5th seed Zheng Qinwen perchance waiting successful nan adjacent round.

In Seoul, Raducanu took a aesculapian timeout aft 5 games against Russia's Daria Kasatkina and decided to extremity aft losing nan opening set.

The British number two, who famously won nan 2021 US Open arsenic a teenage qualifier, is adjacent scheduled to play successful Wuhan, China connected 7 October.

After beating Yue Yuan successful nan past 16 successful Korea, Raducanu said she had been "nursing a fewer niggles" successful nan past mates of months but added she had much "trust" successful her body.

"I've been moving difficult - particularly astatine nan commencement of nan twelvemonth and nan mid portion of nan twelvemonth - physically," Raducanu, whose highest ever world ranking is 10th, said.

After missing nan bulk of past play because of wrist and ankle injuries, Raducanu has made a dependable climb backmost up nan rankings this year.

Winning 2 matches successful Seoul against American Peyton Stearns and China's Yue - some wrong nan world's apical 50 - moved her up to 54th.

It is Raducanu's highest position since August 2022 - erstwhile nan points from her New York triumph were wiped off.

Raducanu has played 33 matches connected nan WTA Tour this season, which is 3 short of her tally successful 2022 - nan astir she has played successful a azygous season.