Emma Raducanu snubs Carlos Alcaraz as injured Brit makes Wimbledon selection

Emma Raducanu ignored Wimbledon for Formula 1 on Saturday as she shared a snap of the qualifying at Silverstone. The 20-year-old has been compelled to overlook this yr’s Championships after having three surgical procedures in May. And she has picked Formula 1 over tennis, selecting to tune into Silverstone as an alternative of world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz‘s match.

Raducanu hasn’t been in a position to play Wimbledon this yr after having surgical procedures on each wrists and her ankle two months in the past. It comes simply two years after she made her Grand Slam debut on the All England Club as a teenage wildcard, the place she stormed into the second week.

But with The Championships off the playing cards for the 20-year-old, she has determined to select F1 over tennis. Raducanu tweeted a photograph of her TV exhibiting qualies on the British Grand Prix, including three Union Jack emojis.

It got here concurrently high seed Alcaraz was in motion on Centre Court and going through some bother after splitting units with twenty fifth seed Nicolas Jarry. Raducanu’s love of F1 isn’t any secret and the previous world No 10 has even been in a position to rely on Lewis Hamilton as a mentor previously.

After making tennis historical past by successful the 2021 US Open as a qualifier, Raducanu acquired some recommendation from the Mercedes driver. “He’s been such a good role model for me in terms of helping me out and through these next stages. He’s a really cool person,” she stated throughout a ‘homecoming’ on the Royal Albert Hall weeks after her unprecedented title win.

She additionally bumped into Hamilton on the Met Gala after receiving a last-minute invitation to the postponed occasion which occurred days after she received the US Open. Raducanu later instructed the BBC: “At the Met Gala I spoke to Lewis Hamilton, which was really cool being such a fan of motorsport and Formula One. It was really nice to see him and speak to him there.”

Raducanu additionally attended the British Grand Prix 12 months in the past after she crashed out of Wimbledon within the second spherical. And she may effectively be again at Silverstone once more on Sunday for the primary occasion.