Emma Raducanu going ‘back to the drawing board’ after US Open loss

The 21-year-old surprised the world three years in the past when she received the title in her third senior match, nevertheless it has not been a cheerful looking floor since.

After a first-round exit in 2022 and lacking final 12 months by means of harm, Sofia Kenin handed out extra distress with a 6-1 3-6 6-4 win on the Grandstand courtroom.

Requested how the defeat made her really feel, she paused earlier than combating again the tears to say: “Yeah, I really feel down, like I really feel unhappy.

“This can be a match I actually wish to do properly in.”

She continued: “I’m simply going to return to the drafting board and prepare and analyse the place I went unsuitable and try to enhance for the remainder of the season.

“Clearly, the slams are over for this 12 months, nevertheless it’s not truly that lengthy till Australia comes round once more.”

Having performed only one match since Wimbledon and skipping the Olympics to concentrate on the US Open, questions stay over the path of her profession.

She admitted that she may need bought her preparation unsuitable.

“I might have most popular to most likely play a bit of bit extra earlier than coming into the US Open,” she stated.

“I do know when I’ve a number of matches, similar to each participant, you are feeling actually good, you are feeling like every part’s computerized.

“I can be taught from it. And, you already know, handle my schedule barely in a different way.

“It wasn’t simply me. It was extra of like a collective name and that’s what occurred, and I can’t actually change it.”

It was a troublesome draw for Raducanu in opposition to the previous Australian Open winner, who confirmed a few of her finest kind.

Kenin took a specific liking to Raducanu’s serve and broke thrice on her strategy to a dominant first set.

The Briton missed three break factors of her personal within the first set however made a transfer initially of the second by taking Kenin’s serve.

The American recovered however an important level at 2-2 and 15-15, the place Raducanu hit a backhand winner down the road, modified the momentum of the second set.

It helped her break, with Kenin shedding her cool and hitting the ball into the backboard. Two sensible winners noticed Raducanu take a second break and set in model.

But it surely all went unsuitable for the Brit within the fifth sport of the decider as she was damaged, with Kenin clinically closing out the match.