Britain’s Emma Raducanu misplaced within the first around of the Abu Dhabi Open as she went down in immediately units to former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova.
Raducanu, 22, used to be overwhelmed 6-3 6-4 as she proved not able to benefit from her past due wildcard access to the principle draw.
She made a good get started towards Czech Vondrousova and led 3-1 after an early wreck of serve, however she then surrendered the primary set by way of dropping 5 consecutive video games.
Vondrousova, who returned from a six-month lay-off in January following shoulder surgical treatment, stored 4 wreck issues early in the second one set earlier than breaking for a 5-3 lead and the risk to serve out the fit.
Whilst Raducanu introduced a direct reaction to stick in rivalry by way of profitable the following recreation, the 2021 US Open champion’s hopes of making a return have been quickly ended.
It used to be all over the place when Vondrousova, the 2023 winner at Wimbledon, clinched her 3rd fit level.
Raducanu used to be promoted into the principle 28-player box in Abu Dhabi on the weekend, having to begin with been set to compete in qualifying for the primary time since her fairytale run in New York 3 and a part years in the past.
The arena quantity 56 reached the 3rd around of the Australian Open closing month. She climbed again into the sector’s best 60 closing yr after lacking lots of the 2023 season following surgical treatment on each wrists and her left ankle.
Vondrousova will play Kazakh fourth seed Yulia Putintseva subsequent.
On the Transylvania Open in Romania, Briton Jodie Burrage used to be overwhelmed 6-2 6-3 by way of house participant Ana Bogdan.
Following a first-round defeat at that event, Romania’s two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep introduced her retirement from tennis.
British males’s quantity two Cameron Norrie made a profitable get started on the Dallas Open.
The 29-year-old Norrie, ranked 63, stored 11 wreck issues on his approach to defeating American 7th seed Alex Michelsen 2-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-1.
He’s going to meet American Reilly Opelka or Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko subsequent.
In the meantime, in Rotterdam, males’s global quantity 3 Carlos Alcaraz took revenge on Botic van de Zandschulp following his wonder US Open loss closing yr.
Spanish 21-year-old Alcaraz overcame his Dutch opponent in a deciding 3rd set, in the end progressing with a 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-1 win.
