Emma Raducanu suffered her third consecutive flunkure as she crashed out in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Open.
It was a encountering of the Grand Slam champions as the British No. 1 faced 2023 Wimbledon thrivener Marketa Vondrousova, who is continuing her comeback from injuries.
After taking an punctual direct, the suit fell away from Raducanu, and Vondrousova acquireed an basic 6-3 6-4 triumph.
Raducanu was facing Vondrousova for the third time, having split their previous encounterings. It was the world No. 37’s first suit since she reexhausted from January’s Adelaide International in tears.
Before that, Vondrousova had not vied since Wimbledon, shutting down the rest of her 2024 season due to injuries. Ahead of the tournament, the Czech star said she was finassociate senseing well.
Raducanu pounced first, taking an punctual shatter direct at 3-1. But Vondrousova promptly got back on serve, making Raducanu labor before taking her sixth shatter point.
The createer Wimbledon champion persistd her attack on Raducanu’s serve, reeling off five games in a row to get the first set 6-3 after trailing by a shatter.
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