Agnieszka Radwanska has revealed that she will make a decision about the future of her career by the end of November amid an ongoing foot injury.
The former world No.2 has been hampered by a troublesome foot problem during what has been an injury-stricken season. Besides that issue, a back injury also sidelined her from the tour for two months earlier this year. It is the foot that is the biggest threat to Radwanska’s career. Speaking with the Polish press on Monday, the 29-year-old said that she is in a situation where surgery would not help solve the problem.
“It’s an inoperative case, any surgery will not help. Whether I have high heels or shoes to play, it hurts the same.” She said. “Simply put, my left foot is so crushed from running that it does not work much longer.
“Everything swells, immediately there is inflammation. I can even wake up with cramps in the middle of the night. No injections help – neither cortisol nor plasma.”
Radwanska hasn’t played on the tour since her second round loss at the Korean Open in September. Overall, she has won 14 out of 28 matches played this season. Resulting in her falling down the rankings to outside the top 70 earlier this month. The first time she has done so since September 2006.
“Plans for the future are certainly a lot of rehabilitation, health care and trying to reach a hundred percent form. The next few weeks will show if I will be able to return to the court immediately and whether I will be able to come back at all.” Radwanska explained.
“I have not yet notified to any tournament (about 2019). If I was to start, I do not know when. For now, I am between a rock and a hard place.” She added.
Tomasz Wiktorowski, who is the coach of Radwanska, had previously raised doubts over her future in the sport. Wiktorowski, who is a former Fed Cup captain, has been working alongside the Polish player since 2011.
“Only she knows what she has recently gone through, what problems she had to face. I will not say now that she will continue her career from the beginning of the season, or from Wimbledon, because there are many possibilities,” Wiktorowski told TVP Sport on October 4th.
Radwanska has won 20 WTA titles during her career with the most recent occurring at the 2016 China Open. At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Polish player to reach the final in the Open era. She is also the first to have earned more than $1 million in prize money with her current career earnings standing at $27,683,807.
