Emma Raducanu dumped out of Australian Open after thumping Iga Swiatek loss
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Emma Raducanu suffered the joint-heaviest defeat of her career as she was knocked out of the Australian Open in the third round by Iga Swiatek.
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Coming into the tournament with a niggling back issue, Raducanu progressed to the third round for the first time in her career after wins against Ekaterina Alexandrova and Amanda Anisimova. However, the Brit was handed a tough challenge against number-two seed Swiatek who took just 70 minutes to wrap up a comprehensive 6-1 6-0 victory on Rod Laver Arena.
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Radcuanu struggled with her serve all tournament and lost serve five times in this contest, with the result equalling her worst-ever career loss, a 6-0 6-1 to Elena Rybakina in Sydney three years ago. ‘I think it was a match going into it I knew I had to play really well,’ Raducanu said after her defeat.
‘I think today, credit to Iga, she played good tennis, but I think it was a little bit of her playing well and me not playing so well. That combination is probably not good and resulted in today. ‘The scoreline was obviously quite harsh. I feel like I look back and know exactly what I need to do, and I take it as feedback.’.
The 2021 US Open champion has risen back up to World No. 61 but continues to see injuries affect her preparation for key tournaments. A back spasm forced her pull out of her warm-up event in Auckland and still caused the 22-year-old a number of issues in Melbourne.
