Sixth seed Elena Rybakina stormed into the second round with a comfortable win over 16-year-old local wildcard Emerson Jones. Emma Raducanu, who was back in action after three months, looked wobbly in her first-round win.
Emma Raducanu suffered her worst ever loss at a Grand Slam at the hands of Iga Swiatek. The five-time Major winner thrashed Raducanu 6-1 6-0 in just 70 minutes. But Raducanu defended herself, claiming the scoreline was "harsh".
Emma Raducanu handed boost after Elena Rybakina practice session following injury - Raducanu was seen hitting with France’s Caroline Garcia and the world No 6 Elena Rybakina at the Melbourne venue
Iga Swiatek handed Emma Raducanu the joint-heaviest defeat of her career in their Australian Open third round encounter. It was a one-sided affair as the second seed thrashed Britain’s
US Open semi-finalist Emma Navarro credited her billionaire father for teaching her "toughness" as beat Ons Jabeur to reach the fourth round, The No.8 seed won 6-4 3-6 6-4 - her third straight three-set match. She is now a Tour-high of 23-9 in three-set matches since the start of 2024.
MELBOURNE — Emma Raducanu was handed the worst grand slam defeat of her career on Saturday, dumped out of the Australian Open by Iga Swiatek 6-1, 6-0.
Australian Open history was made at Melbourne Park on Saturday, as lucky loser Eva Lys beat Jaqueline Cristian. Lys hit back to beat world number 82 Cristian 4-6 6-3 6-3. In the process, she became the first lucky loser to reach the fourth round of the women's singles draw at the Australian Open.
Raducanu suffers chastening defeat to Iga Swiatek in battle of the former US Open champions at the Australian Open; watch Emma Raducanu at the Singapore Tennis Open from 27 January-February 2 on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,
In Melbourne, tennis players Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, and Elena Rybakina advanced to the next rounds with notable performances. Medvedev overcame frustrations, Fritz aims to end an American men's Grand Slam drought,
British No2 exited the Australian Open as she won just one game against the second seed in her joint-heaviest defeat ever
Iga Swiatek has described her performance as perfect after a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu at the Australian Open. Saturday's contest was the only matchup in the women's third
Emma Raducanu served up some rubbish in her win over Ekaterina Alexandrova at the Australian Open. She has the stage presence to get over some fumbled lines.