Raducanu added to China Open pullout list

Emma Raducanu’s disaster of a season sunk to a lower ebb on Monday as the Briton withdrew injured from the ill-starred China Open.

The 2021 US Open winner whose career has crashed since her unlikely success three years ago became the 10th  player to pull the plug on the event.

Raducanu could not make up the fitness gap after quitting a quarter-final last week in Seoul after one set with a foot injury.

This week’s China Open has been hit hard on the women’s side of the draw, with another major name skipping the hardcourt event in Beijing.

2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina is the latest to pull out, with the troubled Kazakh still suffering from an unspecified injury.

The world No. 4 last competed at the US open but withdrew under opaque circumstances before her second round match.

China will be her 10th no-show of the season after also  ducking last week’s WTA event in Seoul with the excuse of a back injury.

Nine other Top 30 players won’t be playing at the 1000-level event in the capital;

Also missing: No 1 Iga Swiatek (for personal reasons), retiring Danielle Collins (illness), Maria Sakkari (shoulder injury), Ons Jabeur (shoulder) and double Grand Slam winner,Victoria Azarenka (unspecified).

Others on the absentee list include Czech Linda Noskova, Elina Svitolina who is recovering from foot surgery and 2-23 Wimbledon winner  Marketa Vondrousova.