Emma Raducanu says she is “excited and itching” for 2025 following another season blighted by injury.

Emma Raducanu says she is “excited and itching” for 2025 following another season blighted by injury.

The 2021 US Open champion, who was sidelined with a foot injury for two months, is keen to build on the momentum she has picked up with Team GB at the Billie Jean King Cup.

Raducanu went unbeaten in Malaga this week, is feeling fresh, and wants to kickstart her pre-season training.

“I think traditionally you’d probably have a bit of a break and take a holiday or something,” Raducanu said. “But I feel like I have had four, five weeks off tennis, and I don’t really need any more time off.

“If anything, I’m excited and just itching to get on the practice court, and of course seeing some of my performances this week, it just incentivises me to do more work.”

Raducanu, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, has won 20 of the 33 matches she has played and will end her season ranked 58 in the world.

She has undergone surgery on her wrists and ankle last year, while the final months of her season have again been blighted as she tries to solve the injury problems that have continually played havoc during her career.