Emma Raducanu’s inactivity sees her hit two-year low – but tennis star has good reason not to return until January

EMMA RADUCANU will be eligible for special fitness status – provided she resists the urge to return to competition this year. The former US Open champion, 23, has not played since suffering a stress fracture in her right foot on Sunday, June 14 following a straight-sets loss to Croatian Donna Vekic in the WTA Queen’s final. Raducanu – who was spotted hobbling around London in an orthopaedic moon boot – pulled out of Wimbledon and then the US Open and has been absent for the past four months.