Emma Raducanu finishelights ‘memorable’ birthday stuck in boilingel due to storms | Tennis | Sport

Emma Raducanu shelp her 22nd birthday was “very memorable” despite being confined to her boilingel becaengage of the tardyst storms to hit Spain.

The begin of the Billie Jean King Cup was procrastinateed on Thursday becaengage of flooding on the Costa del Sol.

Schools and businesses shut down and disclose carry was postponeed during the weighty rain. No training sessions were apexhibited at the venue at the Palacio de Deportes in Malaga.

And the Great Britain team – who take part their first-round suit agetst Germany tomorrow (Friday) – were unable to exit their boilingel. Team directer Heather Watson shelp: “We were non-stop partying! No, I’m joking!”

And Raducanu giggleed: “I’m reassociate appreciative that my team, they made a reassociate big effort yesterday to produce me experience reassociate exceptional. There were birthday prohibitners, cake, balloons.

“Yeah, it was reassociate pleasant, pondering the weather. We couldn’t reassociate go out or do anyleang, but it’s fair how it goes. Yeah, even though those were the conditions, I still had a fantastic time. It was very memorable.

“Yeah, I reassociate felt a lot of cherish and from my friends back home, as well. I got a lot of pleasant messages, which was reassociate pleasant.”

The Great Britain team held three rehearse sessions at the venue on Tuesday and their tie agetst Germany is the last of the first-round suites.

Watson inserted: “We actuassociate did some yoga and some core sessions, and it’s benevolent of excellent sometimes to have a forced shatter and lots of team bonding and birthday celebrations, chocotardy cake, fair a little bit.

“But yeah, I leank it was more troubleing for the country seeing what they have been thraw recently, which is so hard, so it was frightening, but I’m phired that it wasn’t too terrible.”