Emma Raducanu’s defence of her US Open title is over after Alize Cornet beat her in straight units within the first spherical.
The British star misplaced 6-3, 6-3 on the New York match, extinguishing her hopes of repeating final 12 months’s fairytale win.
Cornet made good use of her drop shot specifically to make fast work of Raducanu, who was seeded eleventh.
It’s the primary time she’s misplaced within the opening spherical of a grand slam.
The defeat and a demotion on this planet rankings may make issues trickier for her, as she faces being drawn in opposition to the highest gamers firstly of future tournaments.
It was a tricky opening match for Raducanu: France’s Cornet simply missed being seeded and has had a robust 12 months, notably ending the 37-match profitable run of world primary Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon.
Raducanu shot to stardom after sensationally profitable the 2021 US Open as a qualifier however has struggled to get close to these lofty heights since.
However, the Briton is just 19 years previous and probably has many extra years to develop.
There was higher information for different British gamers starting their US Open campaigns on Tuesday, as Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans each reached the second spherical.
Norrie, the seventh seed, beat Benoit Paire 6-0 7-6 (7-1) 6-0, whereas Evans received 6-4 6-1 6-1 in opposition to Jiri Vesely.
Source: information.sky.com”