Emma Raducanu says she wants to play more matches before Grand Slam tournaments after losing to Sofia Kenin in the US Open first round.
Britain's Raducanu, who lost 6-1 3-6 6-4, was searching for her first victory in New York since unexpectedly winning the title in 2021 as a teenage qualifier.
The 21-year-old fought back tears in a news conference after her loss to fellow Grand Slam champion Kenin and said she felt "sad" and "down". "I know when I have a lot of matches, just like every player, you feel really good, you feel like everything's automatic.After an injury-plagued 2023, Raducanu returned to the tour in January and reached the second round of the Australian Open.
"I had a month of December training after three surgeries so I think to climb back into the top 100 was a really good achievement."After fending off two break points in the first game, Raducanu's serve was constantly under pressure from Kenin, who reeled off five games in a row to take the opening set.
Raducanu struck again at 5-3 to force a decider and made a confident start to the third set while her opponent's unforced error count mounted. Like Raducanu, Kenin has struggled for form since winning the Australian Open in 2020 and reaching the French Open final in in the same year.Kenin allowed Raducanu little room to breathe in the first set: she was the aggressor, trying to stifle her opponent from the word go.
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