{"id":474763,"date":"2024-01-02T06:18:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T10:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=474763"},"modified":"2024-01-02T06:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T10:18:15","slug":"raducanu-returns-to-the-court-with-victory","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/raducanu-returns-to-the-court-with-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Raducanu returns to the court with victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Raducanu made a lightning return to the court, claiming victory at the Auckland Classic against Elena-Gabriela Ruse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc4a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaRaducanu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EmmaRaducanu<\/a> returns with a WIN!!!<\/p>\n<p>Emma battles past Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASB_Classic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ASB_Classic<\/a> in her first match back<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BackTheBrits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BackTheBrits<\/a> \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WTA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LCxBuSKj3y\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/LCxBuSKj3y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LTA (@the_LTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_LTA\/status\/1742105226524381475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Briton had been absent for 8 months after undergoing a surgery on both her hands and she battled hard for her return.<\/p>\n<p>It was a hard-fought game as Raducanu made a swift start, claiming the first set 6-3. The world number 134 Ruse, however, fought back to claim the second 4-6.<\/p>\n<p>In the final set Raducanu led 5-2, but failed to convert two of his serving games. But the 21-year-old broke again for a 6-5 lead and eventually closed out the match on her fourth match point.<\/p>\n<p>A much tougher opposition awaits Raducanu in the next round, where she faces second seed Elina Svitolina.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s difficult after having such a long hiatus, but I&#8217;m grateful to be healthy, grateful to be able to move my body, not bed-ridden and in a wheelchair,&#8221; Raducanu said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to be out here, start this season and be happy and healthy.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Raducanu made a lightning return to the court, claiming victory at the Auckland Classic against Elena-Gabriela Ruse. \ud83d\udc4a @EmmaRaducanu returns with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":474764,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16981],"news_category":[16714],"gn_keywords":[22500,18176],"acf":{"announce":"The Brit was on fire after a lengthy absence","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/474763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/474763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474765,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/474763\/revisions\/474765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474763"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=474763"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=474763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}