Emma Raducanu needs medical attention as doctors take blood pressure on court at French Open
EMMA RADUCANU required medical attention during her French Open first round match against Wang Xinyu after appearing to fall unwell.
The 22-year-old was forced into a timeout in the opening set while leading six games to five at Roland Garros.
After sitting down, she was handed a bag of ice while having her temperature and blood pressure taken.
The tennis star then rubbed some of the ice around her eyes.
After drinking a bottle of water and eating some fruit, Raducanu was able to continue playing.
She went on to win the set 7-5 against Wang.
But the Brit lost the second 6-4, taking the match to a decider.
Raducanu approached the match with a back issue, although her medical timeout did not appear to be related.
Prior to the French Open, she explained: "It [her back] is not feeling 100 per cent. I had a spasm in Strasbourg and just been trying to manage it as best I can doing treatment.
"I’ve been on the practice court last night and this morning. Yeah, it felt okay, but obviously it’s different playing a match. I’m trying to do everything to get up to speed as fast as possible.
"It is similar to the problem I had in Australia, I would say the one before Australia was worse.
"I feel like this one I kind of caught before it fully locked up. So I think the treatment is a lot of it with the physios, a lot of it with heat.
"At the start of the year I was so scared of needles. It was my biggest phobia. That was the only way I was going to be able to play Australia.
"Since then, I’ve been kind of dipping my toes into it because I know it helps even though I’m really scared of them. That’s how I’ve kind of been trying to manage it."