Emma Radukanou's wrist problems are not as severe as those of Juan Martin del Potro and Dominic Thiem. Photo: RYAN LIM/AFP via Getty Images
As Emma Radukanu prepares for her long hiatus, her fans should be grateful for at least one small favor: her two surgeries are not actually on the tendons of the wrist itself, nor on a frail joint. that surrounds them. ulna, radius and navicular bones.
Once you take any of these roads, the forecast is not very good. Juan Martín del Potro is perhaps the typical example of a player who never recovered from wrist tendon surgery. Dominic Thiem chose rest over medical attention after suffering an injury in the same area — perhaps as a direct result of Del Potro's agony — but spent the last two years as a shadow of himself.
As for joint terms, look at former UK No. 1 Laura Robson. In the summer of 2013, Robson entered the top 30 in the world, but shortly after, she felt discomfort in her wrist. The following April, she announced that she was visiting the Mayo Clinic for a minor procedure, but her recovery proved so difficult that she did not play for 17 months and never reached the same heights again.
Radukan something in common with all these players. Like Robson, who won junior Wimbledon at age 14, she began her career as a precocious young talent with high expectations. And, like Tim and Del Potro, she is a former US Open champion.
Radacanu, hand injury
However, from a medical point of view, Radukan belongs to a different category. She suffers from carpal bunions: bony growths around the joints of both wrists that cause pain when the tendons break over them during a swing. According to Kieron Forster, Tim Henman's fitness trainer, the discomfort grew to excruciating levels after 90 minutes of exercise.
Luckily, fixing this is relatively easy. It only takes a surgeon half an hour to feel the wrist and shave off the irritating bony growths. A real headache is a long rehabilitation period of three to four months. However, as long as Radukanu is careful and disciplined, there should be no hidden traps here. On the face of it, there's no reason why she should be suffering from the same recurring problems as the three players mentioned above.
«If she's smart, she'll just write off the whole year» — About this Forster told Telegraph Sport. “We need three to four months before the US Open. She won't be ready for this. And then fall, so she can just get ready for the next season.
«Very unlucky that she hit both her right and left wrist. But the procedure is simple and then it's just basic wrist strengthening exercises: make sure she has full range of motion so that when she gets back it doesn't break. No there is no point in hurrying up.”
Explaining the origin of any injury is a stupid idea, but I must say that Radukan has quite a right wrist strike. If there's a downside to her technique, it's that she tends to take the ball fairly late and rely on that wrist flick, rather than stepping in and deploying a classic kinetic chain that runs through her hips, torso, and shoulders.
Radukan had surgery on both his wrists and ankle, missing the French Open and Wimbledon while recovering. Photo: InstagramHowever, this is nothing more than nit-picking. In general, Raducanu has a good technical base. Earlier this week, we heard Rick McKee, the Williams sisters' former development coach, praise her for this during an appearance on the Tennis Unfiltered podcast.
«I love the technical part of her game,» he said. Makki from Radukan. “There is nothing like a hole, say, a forehand by Coco Gauff. So the technical part is good. She is authoritative. She can play through you.
“So I still believe in her. She is very young. In my opinion, she has talent. This thing can flip. I believe she can come back and become one of the best players in the world and win Grand Slams. What happened in New York was no accident.”
Admittedly, Macci spoke a couple of days before Radukanu released her medical bulletin. But the point remains.
If we haven't seen the best of Radukanu in the last year or so, part of it is certainly due to the issues her carpal bosses have caused. Once she can train and play freely again, the real Radukan may very well reappear.
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