Emma Raducanu knocked out by Katerina Siniakova at Miami Open, Heather Watson beats Elina Svitolina in three sets

Emma Raducanu has been knocked out of the Miami Open in the second round, falling to Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova 3-6 6-4 7-5. Raducanu battled hard on her Miami debut, but Siniakova produced a brilliant victory in just under three hours to produce her first win over a top-20 player. Ad/> «For me I think I was fighting more with myself than my opponent,» Siniakova said afterwards.

ATP MiamiDraper sets up all-Brit clash against Norrie at Miami OpenYESTERDAY AT 22:29 «I just went for it and I was just working very hard. I'm just so happy it worked.» The 19-year-old US Open winner ramped up the pressure early on, forcing Siniakova to rescue six break points in her opponent service game to keep the score at 1-1. But her resistance was broken in the fourth as Raducanu reeled off four points to move into a 4-1 lead.

Siniakova was visibly upset as she was struggling with a rib issue, but regained her composure and broke back to move within a game of the Brit. Raducanu instantly responded by breaking the Siniakova serve for the second time and sealed the opening set at the first attempt. Momentum was with Raducanu as she went a break ahead, but Siniakova pulled it back to make it 3-3 before going on to force a decider after winning a lengthy game on Raducanu's serve.

/> Again, Raducanu broke Siniakova's serve in the opening game of the third set, but Siniakova would not go away and fought back to 2-2. Raducanu then seized the initiative as she broke again in the seventh game and it looked like she would wrap it up on her serve, but she double faulted on Siniakova's break point. And Siniakova would not look back after that and converted her first break point as Raducanu hit a loose backhand long.