Raducanu takes down tweet after falling for made-up Alcaraz remark
Emma Raducanu deleted a tweet after responding to made-up quotes from Carlos Alcaraz about her newest surgical procedure. The Brit has now undergone two of three procedures which are set to sideline her for a number of months. After confirming her second surgery, a faux Alcaraz remark began circulating on Twitter that Raducanu herself initially fell for.
Raducanu underwent ankle surgical procedure on Friday morning, two days after announcing her decision to miss several months of competition to undergo three procedures. The 20-year-old confirmed the news with an impromptu Instagram reside stream from her hospital mattress following the operation.
And it prompted a false remark from Alcaraz to start circulating on Twitter after the ATP world No 2 received his Madrid Open semi-final. On what was the Spaniard’s twentieth birthday, he was quoted as saying: “I want to dedicate this day to Emma Raducanu who had surgery today.
“I wish her a very, very speedy recovery, she doesn’t deserve any of this. I wish she comes back fast on court and maybe play some mixed doubles, I always wanted that.” The quotes had been posted alongside a photograph of Alcaraz being interviewed for Tennis Channel and a snap of Raducanu in hospital following her first hand surgical procedure.
And the faux remarks caught some individuals out – together with Raducanu herself. On Saturday morning, the British No 1 replied to the tweet earlier than swiftly deleting it, possible as soon as she realised the feedback had been made up.
Alongside a coronary heart and a prayer emoji, Raducanu wrote: “@carlosalcaraz ‘yours’ :)” Although she was fast to take away her reply, some followers caught a screenshot of her falling for the false quotes.
While Alcaraz will now contest Sunday’s Madrid Open ultimate in opposition to fortunate loser Jan-Lennard Struff, Raducanu is ready to have her third surgical procedure in two weeks’ time. She up to date followers with a snap from her hospital mattress and a handwritten observe on Wednesday after battling with an damage on each wrists for nearly a 12 months.
“It is safe to say the last 10 months have been difficult as I dealt with a recurring injury on a bone of both hands. I tried my best to manage the pain and play through it for most of this year and end of last year by reducing practice load dramatically, missing weeks of training as well as cutting last season short to try heal it, unfortunately it’s not enough,” she wrote.
“I’m having a minor procedure done on both hands to resolve the issues. I’m disappointed to share that I will be out for the next few months and while I am at it will have another minor procedure that is due on my ankle.”
And in her post-op Instagram Live on Friday, Raducanu confirmed that she had only one surgical procedure left, telling followers: “So good to eat but I just had my ankle done. So two out of three done and one to go but not for like two weeks’ time.”