British tennis star Emma Raducanu says she turned down treatment for insect bites ahead of this year’s Australian Open over concerns about what she could be putting in her body.

Emma Raducanu says she is not taking treatment for an insect bite over fears of ingesting a contaminated substance.

Emma Raducanu has been handed a nightmare draw as she returns to competition at the Australian Open. The British No. 2 was forced to pull out of her first tournament of the season, the ASB Classic, with a back injury and little is known about her fitness going into Melbourne.

Boris Becker has insisted that British tennis star Emma Raducanu has lost her ‘fear factor’ heading into the 2025 Australian Open. Raducanu, who was forced to pull out of this year’s ASB Classic due to a ‘back niggle’, stunned the tennis world in 2021 when she clinched the US Open singles title as a teenage qualifier in a remarkable achievement.

MELBOURNE: Doping fears prevented former US Open champion Emma Raducanu from treating insect bites on the eve of the Australian Open, she said, with players increasingly wary about ingesting contaminated substances.

Emma Raducanu has been left with a swollen hand and ankle after being ‘badly bitten by ants’ at the 2025 Australian Open in dramatic scenes. The British tennis star, world No.60, is unseeded at Melbourne Park and is set to face Russian 26th-seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round.

Emma Raducanu has revealed she refused to use antiseptic spray on insect bites at the Australian Open, fearing it could lead to a failed drug test. The British No 2's cautious approach comes after recent positive tests by other players,