New Delhi, June 29 -- Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from Wimbledon after scans confirmed that the leg injury she had been managing is a stress fracture.

The British No. 1 had addressed the media at the All England Club on Sunday, insisting she was still planning to face Antonia Ruzic in her first-round match on Court One on Monday, as per ESPN.

However, further medical assessment later that evening revealed the injury was more serious than initially feared, forcing Raducanu to pull out of her home Grand Slam for the second time in four years.

Writing on Instagram, the 23-year-old said: "I can't believe I'm saying this, but sadly I've had to withdraw from this year's Wimbledon.

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