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Tim Henman says he is "very positive and optimistic" that Emma Raducanu can do really well on the Tour if she gets to the point where she is feeling fit and healthy. After this year's Australian Open, Raducanu spent the next two months sidelined as she was dealing with ankle and wrist issues.
In Indian Wells, Raducanu made her comeback and she reached the round-of-16 after beating Danka Kovinic, Magda Linette and Beatriz Haddad Maia. After beating Kovinic, Raducanu revealed that just 20 minutes before the match she was contemplating whether or not to play because she was dealing with wrist pain.
In the end, Raducanu ended up competing and clinching three wins before losing to world No 1 Iga Swiatek in the Indian Wells round-of-16. But approximately a month after Indian Wells - in May - Raducanu underwent multiple surgeries to address her ankle and wrist issues.
Henman believes a fit and healthy Raducanu can do really well
“At Indian Wells, one of the last tournaments that she played, up until 20 minutes before the matches, she wasn’t sure whether she was going to play.
She was training on court so sporadically, and then she still won three rounds and beat some very good players. [Her victory over Beatriz Haddad Maia was her best win by ranking since the US Open title. And that was on the back of no practice or training.
So, if she can be fit and healthy, she’ll get back in the top 100 comfortably and she’ll get back in the top 50. And who knows from there? So I’m very positive and optimistic. She’s such a great player that everybody would love to see Emma at the US Open, but she’s gonna have so many opportunities ahead of her.
She and we just need to be a little bit patient," Henman told i.