Emma Raducanu tipped for ‘immediate changes’ after brutal Australian Open defeat to Iga Swiatek
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Laura Robson has tipped Emma Raducanu to make ‘immediate changes’ to her game after her Australian Open exit to Iga Swiatek on Saturday. Raducanu impressively reached the third round at Melbourne Park this year with superb wins over two players above her in the WTA standings.
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The unseeded British star – world No.61 – eliminated 26th-seed Ekaterina Alexandrova and followed that up with a win over world No.35 Amanda Anisimova. A clash with second-seed Swiatek proved to be a step too far, though, with the Polish five-time Grand Slam winner easily beating Raducanu 6-1 6-0.
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Former British No.1 Robson feels it is ‘very clear’ what Raducanu must do the next time she steps back on the practice court as the 2021 US Open champion looks to return to the world top 10 for the first time since 2022. Speaking on Eurosport, Robson said: ‘Well, the positives were that she was moving well. And, you know, when she was able to stay in the rally, she was starting to put together some good points.
‘But the difference for me was the intensity between the two of them. Iga played that kind of match 55 times in the last year and just knows what to do on there on the more important points. She was just able to step it up another game. ‘And, whereas Emma, who hasn’t played a tournament coming into this match and played two very different opponents in the first two rounds and two players who gave her a lot of unforced errors to work with. It was the complete opposite today.
‘I honestly think that it’s one of those matches that you come away learning a lot from and you go, okay, this is very clear what I need to do and, and you get back on the practice court and you’re actually excited to do that because you can see the immediate changes that you can have.’.
