Overview
- Reports attribute the illness to a virus contracted during February’s Middle East swing, with symptoms lingering into March.
- Raducanu had been the 24th seed with a second-round bye and was set to face Peyton Stearns or compatriot Sonay Kartal.
- Her most recent match was a 6-1, 6-1 defeat to Amanda Anisimova at Indian Wells, after which she described struggling for power.
- She has been working informally with former coach Mark Petchey, as Martina Navratilova publicly called for her to appoint a full-time coach.
- A return is projected for the clay swing, with an entry filed for Linz in April, and she previously opted out of Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup tie in Melbourne.