Emma Raducanu suffered a heavy straight-sets defeat to Iga Swiatek in the third round of the Australian Open, admitting her performance was 'not very well'. The British No.2 was outplayed by the world No.1, losing 6-1, 6-0 in just over an hour. Raducanu, despite reaching the third round for the first time in Australia, acknowledged the clear reasons behind her heavy loss.
Emma Raducanu admitted 'I didn't play very well' as she was eliminated from the Australian Open in a devastating straight-sets defeat to Iga Swiatek . The British tennis star was out of the tournament after just over an hour of play, losing 11 consecutive games in a crushing 6-1, 6-0 loss. The 22-year-old, who reached the third round for the first time in Australia, said it was 'very clear' why she suffered her heaviest-ever Grand Slam defeat.
\'She played very well and I didn't play very well, so... it's just not a great combination,' she stated. 'I'm very clear on what happened out there. If I'm not able to hold my service games or dictate, I feel like it seeps into the rest of my game.' Raducanu had previously defeated No.26 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in two tiebreak sets and Amanda Anisimova in straight sets to advance to the third round. \'The first two matches I got away with it against two top players because I was able to defend and move, use the rest of my game,' she acknowledged. This marked Raducanu's fourth encounter with the 23-year-old Polish player, but she remains without a victory against Swiatek. Reflecting on the match-up, Raducanu added: 'I would say the difference between playing her today and playing her in Stuttgart, where I was pretty close, is I was serving really well in Stuttgart. I just don't think I was able to be in that situation too often today where we were on level terms from the back of the court.' A positive for Raducanu was that she showed no signs of physical discomfort, having battled injuries in recent years, including a back spasm as recently as last month's Auckland Open. \'I started hitting when I came here 18 days ago, I have to take it as a positive that I was able to beat top opponents in the first two rounds,' she said. The British No.2 continued: 'What's next? I don't know, my team will probably tell me to take it easy. But I feel like I've got things to work on, I just want to get into that as soon as possible. I feel like I'm speaking from a pretty rational place. I'm not necessarily too emotional either way. I think I'll just get back to it pretty quickly.
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