[Summarize this content to 500 words Raducanu has not played since losing 6-2 6-1 to Jelena Ostapenko in Stuttgart in AprilBritain’s Emma Raducanu will make her comeback to the tennis tour in Auckland in the first week of January.The 2021 US Open champion has been out of action since April and has fallen to 296 in the world rankings following three operations.She has been awarded a wildcard into the ASB Classic, with US Open champion Coco Gauff and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki also in the line-up.The women’s tournament at the Auckland Classic takes place from 1-7 January.The Australian Open – the first Grand Slam of the season – begins on January 14.Raducanu, 21, was restricted to just nine matches in 2023 and in May had surgery on both of her hands and left ankle, which she injured in Auckland at the start of the year.The hand pain, caused by a bone very close to her wrists, had been troubling her since…
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