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- Emma Raducanu retired during her opening match at the Wuhan Open against Ann Li; Raducanu was visibly out of sorts in the hot and humid conditions; watch the WTA and ATP Tours in China throughout this week, live on Sky Sports Tennis
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Emma Raducanu retired from her first-round match at the Wuhan Open against Ann Li as she appeared to struggle with the humid conditions.
Raducanu was 6-1 4-1 down to Li when she decided to retire after a medical timeout, having looked almost dizzy at points in the second set.
The British No 1 is the latest player to retire or withdraw from a tournament in recent weeks during the Asia swing with six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek criticising the “overwhelming” tennis schedule.
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- Li, who will face Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova in the next round, said: “I want to wish Emma a fast recovery. It looks like she wasn’t feeling good.
- “It was a tough match last time, so hopefully she feels better. I’m happy with my performance, I stayed pretty solid for the entire match.”
- Raducanu got off to a fast start by breaking Li in the opening game but went on to lose the next six games of the first set in just 28 minutes.
- Li simply overpowered Raducanu with great ball-striking while her opponent began to increasingly make unforced errors and was clearly not fully fit.
- Raducanu made four double faults at the start of the second set, bending down, signalling that she could retire but somehow managed to hold serve.
- However, the match went away from her again as Li won four consecutive games before Raducanu called for the trainer and soon shook hands with the American following a brief check-up.
Earlier on Tuesday, Naomi Osaka beat Leylah Fernandez 4-6 7-5 6-3 and Amanda Anisimova withdrew from the tournament due to a calf injury following her triumph at the China Open on Sunday.
- Play continues in China, with the WTA 1000 in Wuhan now underway. Emma Raducanu will attempt to bounce back from a brutain defeat in Beijing last week as she opens her campaign against Ann Li. Ahead of the tournament, the British No. 1 shared her wish to set an example to kids watching her on the court.
- On the ATP side, the Shanghai Masters is in full swing. Novak Djokovic is the highest-ranked player left in the draw after some shock losses and withdrawals, including Jannik Sinner‘s concerning retirement. The defending champion could barely walk as he called it quits in the third set of his third-round match against Tallon Griekspoor on Sunday. Sinner’s schedule is now up in the air, and he could be forced to miss next week’s Six Kings Slam exhibition in Riyadh, where he banked £4.5m for lifting the trophy 12 months ago.
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The hot ahd humid conditions have wreaked havoc on both tournaments – Sinner is just one of seven men to have retired in Shanghai, with many other players having their vitals checked mid-match and addressing the “brutal” weather. Meanwhile, play was suspended in Wuhan on Monday due to extreme heat
- Emma Raducanu was forced to retire from her match against Ann Li in Wuhan. After a medical check-up by the WTA physio and tournament doctor, the 22-year-old had no choice but to withdraw.
She was down 6-1, 4-1, against Ann Li. Speaking post-match, Raducanu’s opponent expressed: “First I want to wish Emma a fast recovery. Not sure what [happened], but [it] looked like she wasn’t feeling good.”
Li further commented: “But yeah, tough match last time, so I knew it was going to be tough, but I wish her to feel better, but yeah, I’m happy with my performance, I wasn’t pretty solid the entire match.”emma raducanu – rkvacancy.comRaducanu had started well against Li when she broke her opponent in the opening game. However, the British number one then started to struggle, appearing dizzy at times before medical assistance arrived.
Li went on to win the next game of the first set in less than half an hour. The world 46 ranking then began to dominate, forcing Raducanu into unforced errors.
“I feel like she’s just going for broke and she does not want any long rallies here,” Annabel Croft said on Sky Sports. Li quickly took control, winning six games consecutively before the world number 30 decided to call it a day.
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Raducanu is the latest player to retire or withdraw from a tournament in recent weeks. Six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek criticised the “overwhelming” scheduling in tennis.
Ahead of Tuesday morning’s debut at the Wuhan Open, Raducanu admitted that she found it tough to accept her recent results. She has suffered disappointing defeats to Barbora Krejcikova at the Korea Open and Jessica Pegula in Beijing.
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“Yeah, I think it was hard for me,” she said. “The last two matches that I lost, I had match points in both. And it’s not something that’s really happened to me before and then to happen twice in a week was pretty new to get my head around.”
Raducanu is targeting a seeded position at the Australian Open. “It is a target of mine, I think for the next few weeks, I think is to try and be seeded in Australia and do do my best to be in that position,” she added.
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