Raducanu stunned by No.100
Updated On: 10 October, 2021 08:13 AM IST | Indian Wells | AFP
Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus upstages US Open champion 6-2, 6-4 in Round Two
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Aliaksandra Sasnovich celebrates her win on Friday; (right) Emma Raducanu looks dejected during her Round Two match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich on Friday. Pic/Getty Images
Emma Raducanu crashed out of the WTA Indian Wells tournament in the second round on Friday, losing 2-6, 4-6 to World No.100 Aliaksandra Sasnovich in her first match since her stunning US Open triumph in September.
On September 11, the British teen shocked the tennis world at Flushing Meadows by becoming the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title. But on Friday, she looked rusty in her first match since that win. Raducanu won the first game of the opening set, but it was all Sasnovich after that in the first career meeting between the two. “There is going to be disappointment after any loss,” Raducanu said.
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