Emma Raducanu reveals JUMPING ANTS caused her latest injury which saw her hand and foot balloon up
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EMMA RADUCANU revealed her hand and foot ballooned up after being bitten by JUMPING ANTS. The British star, 22, is in Melbourne preparing for the Australian Open which kicks off on Sunday. She was forced to withdraw from her warm-up tournament in Auckland in New Zealand due to a back spasm triggered when she was tying up her shoelaces before practice.
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Then after flying to Australia, the Kent ace suffered further problems usually saved for I'm A Celebrity contestants thanks to the indigenous insects. Raducanu said: "I got bitten really badly by these jumping ants. "I had an allergic reaction. "My hand and foot swelled up and I had to come on site to see the doctor and get some remedies.
![[Emma Raducanu serving during tennis practice.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/britains-emma-raducanu-serves-practice-962685442.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
"But I'm fine now.". Raducanu, though, refused to be treated with a spray amid fears of accidentally doping. Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek both failed drugs tests last year. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. Sinner was cleared of wrongdoing but the decision has been appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency who want the world No1 hit with a ban.
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Swiatek, meanwhile, was handed a one-month suspension following her contaminated results from medicine for jet lag. By Joshua Jones. ARYNA SABALENKA is hoping to achieve something no woman has achieved this century: win a hat-trick of Australian Opens. And few will be betting against world No1 Sabalenka rewriting the history books on January 25.
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