Emma Raducanu beaten by Coco Gauff in Italian Open

Emma Raducanu exited the Italian Open at the last-16 stage after being outclassed in a straight-sets defeat by Coco Gauff.

Raducanu was bidding to reach a second WTA 1000 quarter-final of 2025, having reached the last eight in Miami in March, but fourth seed Gauff won 6-1 6-2 in the battle of the former US Open champions.

Gauff, who triumphed at Flushing Meadows in 2023, two years after Raducanu, needed just 79 minutes to seal victory and will face either Russian seventh seed Mirra Andreeva or Denmark’s Clara Tauson next.

Don’t mess with Coco and clay