Emma Raducanu dumped out of Australian Open by Iga Swiatek as Brit suffers worst ever Grand Slam thrashing

EMMA RADUCANU admitted "I didn't play precise well" arsenic was dumped retired of the Australian Open successful a crushing consecutive acceptable decision to Iga Swiatek.

The Brit went retired pursuing conscionable implicit an hr of play aft losing 11 games successful a enactment arsenic she was thrashed 6-1, 6-0.

The 22-year-old, who had made it to the 3rd circular for the archetypal clip Down Under, said it was "very clear" wherefore she had suffered her heaviest ever Grand Slam defeat.

Raducanu said: "She played precise good and I didn't play precise well, so... it's conscionable not a large combination.

"I'm precise wide connected what happened retired there: if I'm not capable to clasp my work games oregon dictate, I consciousness similar it seeps into the remainder of my game. 

"On my 2nd serve, however the constituent is structured from past on, you consciousness a batch much pressure."

Raducanu had bushed No26 effect Ekaterina Alexandrova successful 2 tiebreak sets and Amanda Anisimova successful consecutive sets to marque it to the 3rd round.

However, she had nary reply against 2nd effect Swiatek, who is looking to triumph her first-ever Australian Open.

Speaking astir her adjacent steps, Raducanu said: "Serving.

"The archetypal 2 matches I got distant with it against 2 apical players due to the fact that I was capable to support and move, usage the remainder of my game.

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"But that needs to improve."

Raducanu has present faced the 23-year-old Pole 4 times, but is yet to assertion a azygous victory.

On the matchup, she added: "I would accidental the quality betwixt playing her contiguous and playing her successful Stuttgart, wherever I was beauteous close, is I was serving truly good successful Stuttgart.

"I deliberation the groundstroke aspects of my crippled are really astir apt amended now.

"I conscionable don't deliberation I was capable to beryllium successful that concern excessively often contiguous wherever we were connected level presumption from the backmost of the court.

"I'd accidental I'm decidedly improving. It's conscionable 1 large origin is not arsenic good."

The affirmative for Raducanu was she showed nary signs of carnal discomfort, having struggled with wounded implicit the past mates of years, including a backmost spasm arsenic precocious arsenic past month's Auckland Open.

She said: "Three weeks agone erstwhile I was successful Auckland I was doing pool rehab.

"To beryllium connected a tennis tribunal playing matches and competing is thing I person to beryllium grateful for.

"I started hitting erstwhile I came present 18 days ago, I person to instrumentality it arsenic a affirmative that I was capable to bushed apical opponents successful the archetypal 2 rounds.

"Today, nary excuses from the backmost oregon physically."

The British No2 continued: "What's next? I don't know, my squad volition astir apt archer maine to instrumentality it easy. But I consciousness similar I’ve got things to enactment on, I conscionable privation to get into that arsenic soon arsenic possible.

"I consciousness similar I'm speaking from a beauteous rational place. I'm not needfully excessively affectional either way. I deliberation I'll conscionable get backmost to it beauteous quickly."