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Rafael Nadal and 6 other tennis stars that will miss the US Open

August 27, 2023

While qualifying is currently taking place, the US Open officially commences next Monday in what is the final Grand Slam event of the year. The top seeds in Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek will be looking to defend their respective titles after winning in New York last year. But while there are many big names taking part who will be looking for US Open glory themselves, there are also some notable absentees from Flushing Meadows this year. So with that said, here’s a look at some of the major tennis stars who will be missing the US Open.

Rafael Nadal

As most of us know by now, Nadal has not been in action since his second-round exit at the Australian Open back in January. He has since missed the entire clay-court and grass season, having undergone hip surgery in June.

Although there is a chance he could be back before the end of the year — especially with a recovery timeline of five months — it appears more likely that he’ll return at the Australian Open next year in what looks set to be his final year on the ATP Tour. If Nadal is to compete at the US Open again, it will likely be in 2024 for the last time.

Nick Kyrgios

Nick Kyrgios’ injury woes will unfortunately continue as after missing Wimbledon with a wrist injury, he announced earlier this month that he’d be missing the US Open as well. It’s been a forgettable 2023 campaign for the last year’s US Open quarterfinalist as he’s only played one game all season.

Having now missed all four Grand Slams, the mercurial Australian is set to drop out of the ATP top 100. However, he did provide a positive update for his fans recently: “To my millions of fans out there, I guess we just have to be patient. Trust me, I still have some fire left in the tank, my body just needs time to recover and get back. Everything off-court is doing great. l am eyeing to come back and have a season like my last again.”

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic won the US Open back in 2014, but he won’t get a chance to win it a second time as he continues to battle knee issues that have kept him out since January.

Having played just two games all season, the Croatian is now ranked No. 144 and is set to drop even more points after reaching the round of 16 at Flushing Meadows last year. He notably suffered defeat to eventual champion Alcaraz over five sets.

Emma Raducanu

2021 US Open winner Emma Raducanu will not get a chance to emulate her past glory as she remains on the road to recovery. The Briton underwent triple surgery earlier this year and although she was back on a tennis court for the first time in a while, there is no official return date as things stand. She is currently ranked No. 186 in the WTA rankings.

Simona Halep

Simona Halep remains provisionally suspended since testing positive for the banned substance Roxadustat at last year’s US Open event where she exited in the first round. The two-time Grand Slam winner maintains she is innocent and is still looking to appeal her suspension having not played a game since.

However, any slim chances she had of taking part in New York have all but vanished after the US Tennis Association announced Halep “was automatically withdrawn” earlier this week. Taylor Townsend would go on to take her spot.

Pablo Carreno Busta

Pablo Carreno Busta has been off the grid for a while as the Spaniard has not been in action since his round of 32 defeat to Richard Gasquet at the Rotterdam Open back in February. Having missed a number of tournaments in the last eight months since, the 32-year-old has dropped down to 124 in the ATP rankings.

He will drop down even further given that he will lose 180 points from not competing at the US Open. Although it’s not clear what his exact injury is, all signs point to it being very serious.

Denis Shapovalov

World No. 26 Denis Shapovalov hasn’t featured since Wimbledon and will remain on the sidelines due to a knee injury.

“Despite doing everything possible to be 100% healthy in time for @usopen, my knee needs more time and I sadly have to withdraw,” he tweeted earlier this month. “That grand slam energy, especially in NYC, is unlike anything else and I’m really going to miss playing in front of the amazing fans there this year!”

The Canadian reached the third round at Flushing Meadows last year.

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Former Wimbledon champion gets 100% real on Emma Raducanu, problem with women’s tennis

August 23, 2023

Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli believes women’s tennis players like Emma Raducanu are suffering from a lack of consistency in Grand Slams.

Although Iga Swiatek — the current No. 1 — and Aryna Sabalenka are battling it out at the top, Bartoli feels more players could raise their profiles with regular appearances at the major events.

It also doesn’t help that every tournament sees a number of new names come in which makes it hard to be invested in the players.

“I almost feel if you go into the street and say the names Steffi Graf and Monica Seles, they would be more known than some of the top ten current players,” Bartoli told Tennis 365. “It’s due to the fact that those past champions were there all the time and people could recognize the name going deep in every Grand Slam and you get familiar with the names.

“The WTA is suffering with new names coming in, which is great for stories like Emma Raducanu coming in from qualifying and winning the US Open. But then they disappear and another one is coming and you might not be able to follow that all the time. It’s going to be interesting to see if the girls who are now in the top ten are able to really establish themselves and to come out every single year and perform with consistency.

“That said, if Naomi Osaka is coming back, that name is really famous and she can get a lot of fans coming in and watching, as well as Angelique Kerber and [Caroline] Wozniacki. For the new generation, it is about building your profile by having consistent results. That’s what gives you the platform from the publicists and the press, but you need to have your results and that is the main criteria for someone to be famous.”

Raducanu notably won the US Open in 2021, but has suffered from inconsistency and injuries since.

She recently posted footage of herself back on a tennis court after undergoing triple surgery as she looks to live up to the heavy expectations set on her following her win in New York.

“It’s one thing to do it one time, which is already very difficult, but it is another thing to do it year after year after year,” Bartoli added of Raducanu. “I was in the top ten for six consecutive years in a row, so people started to know my name. You go from one tournament to another and this is how people follow you.

“If one year you are top ten and the second year you are 100 and the third year you are out of the top 100, then people forget about you. It’s all about consistency and once you stop improving, that’s when you can go backwards.

“… For Emma, it’s all about getting herself healthy again so she can do a full year. Since the US Open, she has had stop and go, stop and go. She plays one tournament and then she is on the sidelines for two months.

“If she gets her body right and has one full year, I feel she can go back to where she was when she was at the top of her game.”

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Raducanu's US Open trophy inspiring pupils at UK schools

May 11, 2022

The LTA’s ‘Emma Raducanu Trophy Tour’ is continuing its journey around Britain, with the US Open trophy the centre of attention for pupils at St Paul’s Way in Tower Hamlets.

After starting out at St Paul’s Way School in London’s Tower Hamlets on Monday, the iconic trophy is plotting a path around Britain that will include stops in Cambridge, Bristol, Pontypridd, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leeds, Middlesbrough, and Edinburgh, with Raducanu delivering a video message at each venue.

On the latest stop of the tour, the pupils of St Paul’s Way in Tower Hamlets relished the chance to get close to Raducanu’s US Open trophy, whilst also getting outside for an LTA Youth tennis session delivered by an LTA Youth coach.

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A special video from Raducanu was played to the students, with the US Open champion continuing to be an inspiration to youngsters across Britain.

“I’m really excited to be teaming up with the LTA to take my US Open trophy on a tour of the country,” said Raducanu.

“All the schools we are taking the trophy to have played tennis as part of the LTA Youth Schools programme and my hope is that the trophy will inspire them to continue their tennis journey both inside and outside of school.”

The Trophy Tour, which is a highlight of the LTA’s wider plans to grow tennis, supports LTA Youth, an innovative junior programme aimed to help more children aged 4-18 enjoy tennis.

The school’s element of the programme is delivered in Primary and Secondary Schools right across the country and offers free teacher training and content that has been specifically created to help address the nation’s challenge of declining physical literacy and activity among children.

“Emma’s achievement in New York last September inspired so many people from all parts of our community and we are delighted to take her trophy to young people around the country,” said LTA CEO, Scott Lloyd.

“Our vision is to open tennis up – and by sending the Trophy to schools across Britain, our hope is that more children will pick up a racket and try our sport for the first time.”

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‘I can’t move’ – Raducanu retires against Andreescu due to a back injury

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Raducanu's US Open trophy inspiring pupils at UK schools

May 11, 2022

The LTA’s ‘Emma Raducanu Trophy Tour’ is continuing its journey around Britain, with the US Open trophy the centre of attention for pupils at St Paul’s Way in Tower Hamlets.

WTA Rome

Raducanu vows to return only when her back is ‘fully right’

6 HOURS AGO

A special video from Raducanu was played to the students, with the US Open champion continuing to be an inspiration to youngsters across Britain.

“I’m really excited to be teaming up with the LTA to take my US Open trophy on a tour of the country,” said Raducanu.

The Trophy Tour, which is a highlight of the LTA’s wider plans to grow tennis, supports LTA Youth, an innovative junior programme aimed to help more children aged 4-18 enjoy tennis.

“Our vision is to open tennis up – and by sending the Trophy to schools across Britain, our hope is that more children will pick up a racket and try our sport for the first time.”

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Stream the 2022 French Open live and on-demand on discovery+

WTA Rome

‘I can’t move’ – Raducanu retires against Andreescu due to a back injury

21 HOURS AGO

WTA Rome

‘Really weird coincidence’ – Andreescu plays down Raducanu parallels

YESTERDAY AT 09:26

Raducanu's US Open trophy inspiring pupils at UK schools

May 11, 2022

The LTA’s ‘Emma Raducanu Trophy Tour’ is continuing its journey around Britain, with the US Open trophy the centre of attention for pupils at St Paul’s Way in Tower Hamlets.

WTA Rome

Raducanu vows to return only when her back is ‘fully right’

9 HOURS AGO

A special video from Raducanu was played to the students, with the US Open champion continuing to be an inspiration to youngsters across Britain.

“I’m really excited to be teaming up with the LTA to take my US Open trophy on a tour of the country,” said Raducanu.

The Trophy Tour, which is a highlight of the LTA’s wider plans to grow tennis, supports LTA Youth, an innovative junior programme aimed to help more children aged 4-18 enjoy tennis.

“Our vision is to open tennis up – and by sending the Trophy to schools across Britain, our hope is that more children will pick up a racket and try our sport for the first time.”

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Stream the 2022 French Open live and on-demand on discovery+

WTA Rome

‘I can’t move’ – Raducanu retires against Andreescu due to a back injury

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WTA Rome

‘Really weird coincidence’ – Andreescu plays down Raducanu parallels

YESTERDAY AT 09:26

Raducanu vows to return only when her back is 'fully right'

May 11, 2022

Emma Raducanu says she will only return to the WTA tour when her back is “fully right”.

Raducanu was hampered with a lower back problem in her Madrid Open last-16 exit against Anhelina Kalinina last week, and it was the same issue that forced her to retire in her opening match of the Italian Open against Bianca Andreescu on Tuesday when the British No. 1 was trailing 2-6 1-2.

The French Open gets underway on May 22, but Raducanu says she has to make sure she is fully fit if she is going to participate in upcoming tournaments.

WTA Rome

‘I can’t move’ – Raducanu retires against Andreescu due to a back injury

21 HOURS AGO

“I think the last few weeks have been really positive,” the 2021 US Open winner told the WTA Tour.

“I’ve learned a lot about myself and my game has definitely improved on this surface.

“But for sure I need to make sure my back is fully right, however long that takes. I need to just keep on it.

“I don’t want to play my next match with a feeling of limitation because I think that I learned my lesson from this week, when to push, and when not to push. Probably today wasn’t right.”

The world No. 11 admits she has to learn how to deal with the rigours of the WTA tour in her first full season.

“I thought that maybe taking one, two days off, it would just go away because a lot of the other small niggles I’ve had, they’ve kind of gone away after taking, like, two days off,” she said.

“Then I got here and I was training, but it just didn’t seem to get better.

“I was training with some limitations. I wasn’t moving really, I was just playing where I knew where the ball was coming, just staying in one corner.

“I think I must have underestimated the unpredictability of competition in a match, you have to react… Bianca is a great player. She’s not going to let up and just hit the ball to you.”

She added: “I never really knew how bad it was until I kind of went out there. I’m still learning when it’s right to push my body and push through it, and when’s not.

“I guess that’s something I’m kind of learning at these tournaments. The difference is I’m probably doing it at bigger tournaments, not smaller tournaments on the way up.”

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‘Really weird coincidence’ – Andreescu plays down Raducanu parallels

YESTERDAY AT 09:26

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Raducanu vows to return only when her back is 'fully right'

May 11, 2022

Emma Raducanu says she will only return to the WTA tour when her back is “fully right”.

The French Open gets underway on May 22, but Raducanu says she has to make sure she is fully fit if she is going to participate in upcoming tournaments.

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Raducanu’s US Open trophy inspiring pupils at UK schools

AN HOUR AGO