Emma Raducanu slips to last-16 defeat against Anhelina Kalinina at Madrid Open

Emma Raducanu missed out on a second successive clay quarter-final as she was beaten at the Madrid Open by Anhelina Kalinina. The British No. 1 fought back after dropping the opening set in the last-16 clash but lost 2-6 6-2 6-4 in two hours and 17 minutes.

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37 Kalinina looked a tricky test for Raducanu, having taken a set off world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in Indian Wells and making the quarter-finals on clay in Charleston. She played an impressive first set as she broke twice, including in the opening game, to pull ahead.

Raducanu seemed to be troubled by a back issue and took a medical time-out at the end of the set. A double fault in Kalinina’s opening service game of the second set gave Raducanu, who made the quarter-finals in Stuttgart in her last tournament, an opening and she took it to grab some momentum. Djokovic savours 'best win of the year' against Monfils Exclusive: Gauff inspired by Swiatek exploits The two players traded breaks before Raducanu closed out the set to take it to a decider.

Kalinina upped her level at the start of the third set and powered her way into a 3-1 lead. However, after squandering a chance to take further control at 15-40 on Raducanu’s serve, Kalinina played a poor service game and was broken. /> Raducanu looked to be in the ascendancy as the unforced errors started to mount for Kalinina.