Emma Raducanu has lost in the second round in each of her French Open appearances
Emma Raducanu’s miserable record against Iga Swiatek continued as she was outclassed by the defending champion in their French Open second-round meeting.
The British quantity two turned into beaten 6-1, 6-2 on the Paris clay and has now lost all 5 of her fits against the 5-time Grand Slam winner.
It becomes some other reminder of the gulf that still exists between 41st-ranked Raducanu and the leading players on the WTA Tour.
The 22-year-old Raducanu quickly lost her way as fifth seed Swiatek received five video games in a row after failing to convert a break point inside the second game. Raducanu’s second serve was located underneath critical pressure, and her groundstrokes became increasingly ragged because the 23-year-old from Poland secured the opening set in 35 minutes.
Swiatek, who has won 4 of the five Roland Garros titles, is known as the ‘Queen of Clay’ because of her bold document here and quickly moved a damage in advance at 2-1 in the 2nd set.
After a below-par clay-court swing, although there are some questions about her level and they resurfaced while Raducanu threatened to interrupt back right away.
But Swiatek controlled to hold her intensity beneath stress, one of the key variations between players of her status and Raducanu, to score 3 break factors in a lengthy fourth set.
Raducanu, who became ill before her first-round match on Monday, began to run out of steam and misplaced the very last three video games with little resistance.