Ex-US Open champ Raducanu targets 2024 comeback

Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu found it hard watching this year's grand slams from the sidelines after wrist and ankle surgeries but is targeting a comeback next season.

The 20-year, who won her maiden US Open title at 18 years of age as a qualifier in 2021, has dropped outside of the world's top 200 because of injury .

Raducanu has not played since April, missing the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open, dropping to No.214 in the rankings.

The Briton said she had started practising in August after surgery on both wrists and her ankle.

"Next season I'll be back," she told the BBC.

"This season all the slams were finished so it was difficult to watch them go by, but I was trying to stay in my lane as much as possible and keep focused on my recovery."

Raducanu has not crossed the second round of a grand slam since her Flushing Meadows triumph and has come in for her fair share of criticism.

"The fact they're still talking about me even though I'm not at these events is just a compliment," the former world No.10 said.

"Someone told me, 'worry when they're not talking about you'.

"Wimbledon is the dream and always has been growing up. It's still the ultimate dream to win Wimbledon."