Emma Raducanu has picked up her third consecutive defeat after Marketa Vondrousova handed her a 6-3 6-4 defeat within the Abu Dhabi Open first spherical.
After seeing her wildcard being upgraded from qualifying to a most important draw one, the Briton made a very good begin to her opener and broke the Czech for an early 3-1 lead.
However then, the 2021 US Open champion received damaged again immediately in a marathon fifth sport.
Dropping her serve in that specific sport proved to be expensive for Raducanu as she mentally collapsed and Vondrousiva completed the opening set on a five-game successful run.
Early within the first set, the 2021 US Open champion missed out on a complete of 4 break factors throughout the primary and third video games.
After not changing her break level possibilities, the British tennis participant misplaced her serve within the eighth sport.
Whereas Vondrousova did not handle to serve for the match at 5-3, the 2023 Wimbledon winner claimed her fifth break of the match within the tenth sport to finish her two-set win.
Emma Raducanu and Marketa Vondrousova© X Screenshot
Earlier than Abu Dhabi, Raducanu was annihilated 1-6 0-6 by Iga Swiatek within the Australian Open first spherical and he or she additionally misplaced to Cristina Bucsa within the Singapore first spherical final week.
In the meantime, Vondrousova performs subsequent towards No. 4 seed Yulia Putintseva.
What’s going to Raducanu do subsequent?
In Abu Dhabi, the previous world No. 10 performed as a wildcard.
However since she did not make the primary draw reduce for both of the 2 upcoming WTA 1000 tournaments in Doha and Dubai, it’s unclear what she’s going to do subsequent.
“I do not know. I’ll take it week by week. See how I’m, see how the physique is and see what sort of plan we put in place, I suppose,” Raducanu said a couple of days ago when asked about plans after Abu Dhabi.
“However I’m not pondering too far forward, simply making an attempt to take it day-to-day within the present conditions.”
She is now simply 2-3 after her first three tournaments of the yr.
