The British 18-year-old and number 20 in the world ranking lost 6-1, 6-7 (0/7), 7-5 in more than two and a half hours of the game.
The US Open champion Emma Raducanu suffered this Tuesday in the second round of the Linz Tournament an unexpected loss to the 106th in the world, China’s Wang Xinyu.
Raducanu, 18 years old and number 20 in the world rankings, lost 6-1, 6-7 (0/7), 7-5 in more than two and a half hours of the game.
In the month of September in Flushing Meadows, the British had become the first tennis player from the previous ones to win a Grand Slam.
The second seed of the Austrian tournament, Romanian Simona Halep (22nd), who this year missed Roland Garros and Wimbledon through injury, got into the quarterfinals by defeating Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (85th) 7-5, 6-3 .
The tournament in Linz, Austria, is played on an indoor hard court and awards $ 250,000 (€ 216,195) in prizes. (D)
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