Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu faces a race to be available to participate for Britain in next month’s Billie Jean King Cup finals after another tournament withdrawal. The 21-year-old posted on X that she was pulling out of next week’s Hong Kong Open because of a shortage of match fitness.

Raducanu has not played since retiring midway through her quarter-final against Daria Kasatkina in the Korea Open last month and revealed she had sprained ligaments in her foot.

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