Alongside a photo of herself in her hospital bed, the 20-year-old tennis star that she needs to have another minor producer to deal with a recurring injury on a bone of both hands.
imagine that might be the first thing she is targeting. emma raducanu has pulled out of her madrid open first round match today. the british number one has a hand injury. the news comes amid questions over her form, with three successive defeats. she s been in the headlines too for a rather brief and frosty pre madrid interview. our tennis correspondent, russell fuller, explains. that is becoming an increasing concern. she has pulled out of the madrid openjust concern. she has pulled out of the madrid open just hours concern. she has pulled out of the madrid openjust hours before she was due to play a first round match because of what it described as a right hand injury, it is the same wrist problem that affected her at the end of last year, that been particularly apparent since march, and it s affected the amount of practice she can do. she has been practising here in madrid, but i think the pain became too much yesterday in a practice session. there was a very terse exchange with a c
emma raducanu pulls out of the madrid open just hours before herfirst round match, citing a hand injury. and lucy bronze undergoes knee surgery and will miss barcelona s champions league second leg against chelsea this week. hello and thanks forjoining us. hello there and welcome along to sportsday, as the build up begins to that huge clash at the etihad. premier league leaders arsenal take on manchester city. the gunners have dropped points in their last three games, with city unbeaten in 16 games in all competitions. john watson s there for us and has more on the build up. the more on the build up. spotlight once again falls or the the spotlight once again falls on the etihad stadium in manchester as it so often does for manchester city. their players often look unflustered in their relentless pursuit of silverware. they have won four of the last five league titles and whoever wins later, the title will be in their hands. not that
we look ahead to a possible premier league decider at the etihad stadium between manchester city and arsenal. coming up on bbc news. emma raducanu pulls out of the madrid open with a hand injury. the british number one could now drop out over the world s top 100 and faces a battle to get fit for the french open next month. a leading food bank charity says it s handing out more emergency food parcels than ever. the trussell trust, which supports more than 1,200 food banks across the uk, says it provided nearly 3 million emergency parcels in the year to march, which is a 37% increase on the year before and in that time, more than three quarters of a million people used a food bank in the trussell trust network for the first time. hwyell griffith reports from cardiff, pasta. oh, yes, please.
it is currently 10 10 in that one, but we can it is currently 10 10 in that one, but we can see live pictures now selby but we can see live pictures now selby is but we can see live pictures now selby is 6 4 up in the session there, so sell be looking good, domestic viewers can catch the action over on bbc two on the bbc sport website. emma raducanu has withdrawn from the madrid open with a hand injury hours before herfirst round match. the 20 year old was set to face bulgaria s viktoriya tomova, who will now receive a bye in to the second round. raducanu s withdrawal means she is almost certain to drop out of the world s top 100, and our tennis correspondent russell fuller has been reacting to the news. the pressure of being emma raducanu and winning the us open, as she did in the such extraordinary fashion in 2021, is enormous. now, there are lots of elements to that debate. wrong steps that might have been taken over the past 18 months, but it is an enormously difficult thing t