Emma Raducanu’s clay-court type took a dive on the Madrid Open on Wednesday because the Brit exited the match after a first-round straight-sets defeat by world No 82 Maria Lourdes Carle.
Raducanu got here in to the competition on a excessive after successful 4 of her final 5 matches following wonderful performances within the Billie Jean King Cup for Nice Britain and the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart.
However the former US Open champion complained of “feeling drained” within the build-up to Madrid and he or she went out on the first hurdle to Carle 6-2 6-2 on Pista Arantxa Sanchez.
With the win, Carle grew to become the primary participant from Argentina to defeat a former ladies’s Grand Slam singles champion since Nadia Podoroska defeated Serena Williams in Rome three years in the past.
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