Emma Raducanu dumped out of Australian Open by Coco Gauff as injury questions remain | Tennis | Sport
Yet the British No.1 kept fighting and broke Gauff to love to bring the scores back level at 4-4. And when the American served to stay in the set at 4-5, Raducanu had two set points in a marathon 16-point rally but pushed a backhand long and then dumped a drop shot into the net.
Gauff is two years younger than Raducanu but, after making her breakthrough at Wimbledon in 2019 as a 15-year-old, she has more experience on the WTA Tour. And she showed that in the tiebreak by minimising her mistakes while Raducanu made a string of errors.
The British No.1 saved a first match point with a backhand winner down the line and Gauff found the net with a backhand on her second chance to finish the match. But the American constructed a brilliant point by following a drop shot with a lob to finish the match before the two embraced at the net after one hour and 42 minutes.
