US Open champion Emma Raducanu lost her first match as a Grand Slam champion, beaten in straight sets by Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich at Indian Wells.
Emma Raducanu: US Open champ loses first match as Grand Slam winner
Tennis | October 10, 2021
Raducanu, currently ranked 22nd, was seeking an 11th successive victory, having won the US Open last month as a qualifier nut 100th-ranked Sasnovich had other ideas as she beat the 18-year-old Raducanu 6-2 6-4 in round two of the BNP Paribas Open.
Raducanu’s next assignment is to play at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow in 10 days’ time.
The Briton was competing without a permanent coach, having ended her partnership with Andrew Richardson, whom she has known since she was 10 years old, after her US Open success.
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