Emma Raducanu out of Miami Open in first round after losing in three sets to Bianca Andreescu

Emma Raducanu went out of the Miami Open in the first round after losing in three sets to Canada's Bianca Andreescu. In a battle of the former US Open champions — Andreescu in 2019, Raducanu in 2021 — it was the Canadian who prevailed, with her baseline dominance ultimately proving the bedrock for her victory, despite an excellent second-set fightback from her British opponent.

Ad It was the 22-year-old Andreescu who had the better of the opening exchanges on Hard Rock Stadium, taking her opening service game comfortably and then immediately putting Raducanu under pressure when the Brit stepped up to the line in game two. WTA MiamiExclusive: Evert predicts ‘fireworks’ in Raducanu v Andreescu clash in MiamiYESTERDAY AT 12:02 And on her third break point of the game, Andreescu forced the early break to go 2-0 up.

She was pulling Raducanu around the court at will with her pacy, well-directed groundstrokes backed up by some powerful serving, and she swiftly moved onto a 3-0 lead in a one-sided affair. 3-0 became 4-1 after two holds, and though Andreescu was the player continuing to be in the ascendancy, Raducanu was hanging in there, saving break points in both of her subsequent service games to ward off the threat of first the double break, and then of losing the set.

It meant that Raducanu made Andreescu serve out the set herself at 5-3 ahead, which the Canadian ultimately did with few alarms to move halfway to victory. Swiatek injury 'might be a good thing for her tennis', reckons Wilander 'I had to really work!' — Djokovic admits it was tough to reach Nadal-Federer levels Raducanu had looked a little flat in the first set, but crucially she got on the board straightaway in set two, and the match itself was a more even