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Reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu crashed out of the Australian Open in the second round Thursday as she struggled with blisters on her hand so bad that some of her team had urged her not to play.
MELBOURNE : Britain's Emma Raducanu said she will take the positives from her painful Australian Open exit on Thursday when a blistered racket hand contributed to a three-set defeat by Danka Kovinic.
Emma Raducanu has been eliminated from the Australian Open, while fellow Briton Andy Murray suggested he may not be back at Melbourne Park after a straight-sets defeat in the second round.
Mats Wilander has said that Emma Raducanu showed «unbelievable fight» despite exiting the Australian Open in the second round. Raducanu was beaten in a three-set encounter by Danka Kovinic, but fought through a painful blister on her right hand. Ad/> The US Open champion took several medical breaks during the match to re-apply strapping, and struggled to hit power forehands and serve convincingly due to the bothersome injury.
MELBOURNE: US Open champion Emma Raducanu was bundled out of the Australian Open in the second round as she was beaten 6-4 4-6 6-3 by Montenegro's Danka Kovinic on Thursday (Jan 20).
Emma Raducanu is out of the Australian Open after a painful defeat to world No.98 Danka Kovinic.
By Matias Grez, CNN
Emma Raducanu grimaced in pain as she was treated during a medical time-out ahead of the deciding set in the Australian Open second round. The Brit was hampered by a blister on her dominant right hand during her second round clash with Dank Kovinic in Melbourne, prompting her to repeatedly call on the on-court physio for treatment.