Emma Raducanu beats service issues to win Melbourne opener - The former US Open champion hit 15 double faults in a 7-6 (4) 7-6 (2) victory.

Their Australian Open third-round match is an illustration of how divergent tennis' paths to and from glory can be

Emma Raducanu suffers the joint-heaviest defeat of her career as second seed Iga Swiatek demonstrates her superiority at the Australian Open.

The only women’s match featuring Grand Slam singles champions in the third round at the Australian Open turned out to be an overpowering win by Iga Swiatek over Emma Raducanu.

Emma Raducanu suffered a chastening 6-1 6-0 defeat by Iga Swiatek in the Australian Open third round on Saturday but the Briton said she was grateful to be fully fit and playing at a high level again after overcoming a succession of injuries.

Iga Swiatek rushed through her first set in 26 minutes and completed her 6-0, 6-2 second-round win over Rebecca Sramkova in an hour at the Australian Open.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner raced to victory at the Australian Open on Saturday to sweep into the last 16 as Iga Swiatek demolished Emma Raducanu.

Iga Swiatek won the final 11 games of Saturday's match against Emma Raducanu to advance to the fourth round at the Australian Open.

Laura Robson has tipped Emma Raducanu to make ‘immediate changes’ to her game after her Australian Open exit to Iga Swiatek on Saturday. Raducanu impressively reached the third round at Melbourne Park this year with superb wins over two players above her in the WTA standings.

MELBOURNE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - A rusty Emma Raducanu said her serve felt like it had a mind of its own at times on Tuesday as she racked up 15 double faults in a 7-6(4) 7-6(2) first-round victory over Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova at the Australian Open.

Raducanu is through to the Australian Open third round for the first time and plays the five-time grand slam winner