EMMA RADUCANU will make her comeback from illness at the Internationaux de Strasbourg next week.The British number one has not played a tournament since Indian Wells in March because of a post-viral illness after she first fell unwell in February, pulling out of four successive events.Raducanu travelled to Rome and practised ahead of the current Italian Open but ultimately decided she was not quite ready to return.Taking a wild card into Strasbourg means the 23-year-old will gain valuable time on the clay ahead of the French Open, which begins on May 24.

EMMA RADUCANU will make her comeback from illness at the Internationaux de Strasbourg next week.

The British number one has not played a tournament since Indian Wells in March because of a post-viral illness after she first fell unwell in February, pulling out of four successive events.

Raducanu travelled to Rome and practised ahead of the current Italian Open but ultimately decided she was not quite ready to return.

Taking a wild card into Strasbourg means the 23-year-old will gain valuable time on the clay ahead of the French Open, which begins on May 24.

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