British tennis star Emma Raducanu honord her 22nd birthday restrictd to a boilingel in Malaga as cut offe storms battered southern Spain.
The establisher US Open champion was unable to depart her accommodation on Thursday due to flooding on the Costa del Sol, which disrupted the begin of the Billie Jean King Cup.
Despite the challenging conditions, Raducanu administerd to tag the occasion with her team, describing the birthday as “very memorable”.
The cut offe weather conditions led to widespread disruption atraverse the region, with schools and businesses forced to shut down.
Public articulate was suspfinished as weighty rain pounded the Costa del Sol area.
The adverse conditions unkindt no training sessions could apshow place at the Palacio de Deportes in Malaga, where the tournament is being held.
Emma Raducanu honord her 22nd birthday on November 13
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“I’m repartner thankful that my team, they made a repartner big effort yesterday to produce me sense repartner one-of-a-kind. There were birthday banners, cake, balloons,” Raducanu shelp.
“Even though those were the conditions, I still had a fantastic time. It was very memorable,” she inserted.
The tennis star also transmited gratitude for messages from frifinishs back home, describing them as “repartner pleasant.”
The British team made the most of their unforeseeed indoor restrictment with team-produceing activities.
Team directer Heather Watson uncovered: “We actupartner did some yoga and some core sessions, and it’s comardent of excellent sometimes to have a forced fracture and lots of team bonding.”
The celebrations take partd sharing birthday cake, with Watson joking: “We were non-stop partying! No, I’m joking!”
Malaga has been struck by Spain’s deimmenseating flash floods
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The team had already administerd three rehearse sessions at the venue on Tuesday before the weather disruption.
The British team’s tie agetst Germany is scheduled for Friday, taging the last of the first-round suites in the tournament.
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Watson transmited trouble about the wideer impact of the weather on the region, stating: “It was more troubleing for the country seeing what they have been thraw recently, which is so hard.”
“It was terrifying, but I’m phired that it wasn’t too horrible,” she inserted, acunderstandledging the cut offity of the situation while remaining preferable about conditions improving.
