Emma Raducanu ends losing run with win over Maria Sakkari

Emma Raducanu ended her losing run in style with a straight-sets victory over Greece’s Maria Sakkari in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

Raducanu came into the match on the worst run of results in her career, having lost four successive matches.

But the former US Open champion made the ideal start with a break of serve in the opening game and rounded off a 6-4 6-2 victory in fine fashion with her third ace of the 90-minute contest.

Confidence-building performance