Emma Raducanu goes down against Marketa Vondrousova as she struggled with a foot injury at the Billi

Despite making a statement on her clay debut with an impressive win over Tereza Martincova, Emma Raducanu was well beaten by Czech Republics Marketa Vondrousova as she struggled with a blister on her right foot. Raducanus defeat leaves Great Britain in danger against the Czech Republic in the qualifiers of the Billie Jean King Cup.

Despite making a statement on her clay debut with an impressive win over Tereza Martincova, Emma Raducanu was well beaten by Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova as she struggled with a blister on her right foot. Raducanu’s defeat leaves Great Britain in danger against the Czech Republic in the qualifiers of the Billie Jean King Cup.

The match ended in only 62 minutes as Vondrousova defeated the former US Open champion 6-1, 6-1. Emma Raducanu was massively affected by blisters as she looked very uncomfortable while moving on the court. She was clearly struggling as she did not even attempt reaching for some of the strokes from Vondrousova.

Raducanu’s defeat against the former French Open finalist puts Great Britain in a tight spot as the Czechs now have a 2-1 lead in the tie and it is all up to Harriet Dart who is currently taking on teenage sensational Linda Fruhvirtova.

Emma Raducanu revealed her injury scare before she made her debut on clay

In her first competitive clay match on Friday, the 2021 US Open champion defeated Tereza Martincova 7-5, 7-5. However before her debut the youngster shared her injury stories during the draw ceremony. There she revealed how her toenails are all gone and there are chances of blisters appearing mainly because she slides a lot on the surface. “I have no toenails. Just my foot, my shoes, they’ve just been sliding around a lot. I had a small niggle in Miami, but now I have no physical thing.”

“They are still black and I’ve just got mad blisters,” she added. “I’ve had this even on hard courts, because I’ve actually been sliding a lot recently on hard courts. I just feel like I really need to harden my skin. I’ll take any suggestions…”

Even Great Britain’s captain Anne Keothavong also jokingly said, “We’re all a little scarred by Emma’s toes.”

But now it seems that it was a serious problem after all as she was really struggling to move against Vondrousova.

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