Emma Raducanu fades as Aliaksandra Sasnovich reaches French Open third round with comeback at Roland-Garros

Emma Raducanu's challenge at the French Open ended in the second round with a three-set defeat to Aliaksandra Sasnovich, who ran away with the match after losing the first set 6-3. The US Open champion looked to be in superb form at the start, but the Belarusian recovered impressively to advance, winning the second and third sets 6-1. Ad/> It was a disappointing outcome for the British No.

1, who has only won two Grand Slam matches from two tournaments this year. She has also had a turbulent time off court, dispensing with coach Torben Beltz, heading into Roland-Garros without a full-time guide. /> Roland-GarrosBritain's Norrie wins opening point of match against Kubler in second roundAN HOUR AGO There are not many players Raducanu has faced twice on tour, but Sasnovich was one of them — as the first she played, and lost to, following her US Open triumph last summer.

Sasnovich started with impressive intent and Raducanu was geeing herself up in the early stages to match the Belarusian’s intensity. After early holds of serve, Raducanu offered up two break point opportunities on her serve in the fourth game. But solid serving eventually relieved the pressure and she held serve in a game which lasted just shy of 11 minutes.

That swung momentum in the British No. 1’s favour, and a brilliant backhand crosscourt winner on the run set up a first break point opportunity, which she took with aplomb with a forehand winner down the line. Raducanu saw off a break point in the next game to hold for 4-2 and she was starting to stamp her authority on the match.