Raducanu out of US Open with stress fracture
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- Emma Raducanu will miss the 2026 US Open after a stress fracture in her right lower leg, sustained during the grass-court season and confirmed following consultation with her medical team.
- The injury forced a late withdrawal from Wimbledon, and Raducanu has only recently taken her first tentative steps back on court while wearing a protective boot.
- Raducanu, 23, rehired Andrew Richardson — the coach who guided her to the 2021 US Open title — and reached her biggest final since New York at Queen's Club in June, but that run triggered her latest setback.
- A foot injury had already hampered her pre-season training, and she then spent two-and-a-half months off court with a post-viral illness after falling unwell in early February.
- She will slide from her current ranking of 49, was not named in Great Britain's team for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in late September, and faces real doubt over whether she will compete again in 2026.
- Raducanu posted an upbeat message on Instagram on Sunday from a break in Switzerland, calling it the "best reset ever," with a video showing her practicing serves in a protective boot on her right foot.
Why it matters: Three separate physical setbacks in roughly a year — a pre-season foot injury, a post-viral illness, and now a stress fracture — are stacking up for the 23-year-old British No. 1, and the article makes clear the rest of her 2026 season is now in serious doubt with her ranking set to drop from 49.
