Wang Xinyu stuns Emma Raducanu

US Open champion Emma Raducanu ended her breakthrough season on Tuesday when she was knocked out of the WTA event in Linz losing her second round match 61 67 07 75 to World No 106 Wang Xinyu The top seed Raducanu 18 who confirmed after the match that Torben Beltz will be her new coach stunned the tennis world in September when she became the first qualifier ever to win a majorPlaying in just her third tournament since her Flushing Meadows success the British teenager now ranked 20 in the world struggled against the Chinese 20 who galloped through the first set as Raducanu battled to keep her service togetherMedical timeoutThe Briton was far from her most fluent in the second set but made short work of Wang in the tiebreak which she took to love as she won 10 points in a row Wang however stayed with her in the decider breaking to go 54 up after which Raducanu took a medical timeout for treatment for a hip spasm She picked herself up to save two match points and level at 55 but again failed to hold allowing Wang to take her second opportunity to serve out the match closing it out after two hours and 36 minutes on courtIt marked another disappointing day at the office for Raducanu who has been without a coach since parting company with Andrew Richardson shortly after her triumph in New York Raducanu however confirmed British media reports that Beltz 44 who previously coached former World No 1 Angelique Kerber during her successful 2016 Australian Open and 2016 US Open campaigns will take over for next seasonldquoIrsquom definitely very excited to work with him throughout the preseason and into next yearrdquo said Raducanu ldquoIrsquom feeling excited about all the work that is to come I think he brings a lot of experience Obviously hersquos worked with Kerber whorsquos such a great player and has done extremely well won three slams ldquoI think that experience definitely helps with someone as inexperienced as me He can help guide me throughrdquoHalep defeats SasnovichWang now faces American eighth seed Alison Riske in the quarterfinals after her 64 64 win over Alize Cornet Second seed Simona Halep who missed this yearrsquos French Open and Wimbledon due to a left calf tear eased into the last eight with a 75 63 win over Aliaksandra SasnovichSinner test awaits Andy Murray in StockholmAndy Murray came through a tense secondset tiebreak to edge out Norwegian qualifier Viktor Durasovic in the Stockholm Open first round on Tuesday The former World No 1 needed three match points and saved a set point in the breaker to win 61 76 97 ldquoAt the end it was just a big fight and I managed to get the tiebreakrdquo he said ldquoIt feels like he is playing better than 300 or so in the worldrdquo The injuryhit 34yearold still bidding to climb from his current lowly ranking of 143 will face Italian top seed Jannik Sinner in the last 16 ldquoSinner has had a fantastic seasonrdquo Murray said ldquoHe was very unlucky to not make the final eight ATP Finals in Turin He loves playing indoors on hard courts so it will be a big test for merdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever