'I'm still so new': US Open teen champ stunned

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Emma Raducanu came down to world successful her archetypal tourney since her astonishing US Open victory, losing successful consecutive sets to Aliaksandra Sasnovich astatine the BNP Paribas Open today.

Raducanu mislaid 6-2, 6-4 successful the 2nd round, ending her 10-match winning streak that began successful New York. She received a chaotic paper into the combined ATP and WTA tourney successful the Southern California desert.

It was Raducanu's 5th Tour-level lawsuit since making her WTA Tour debut successful June.

"I'm benignant of gladsome that what happened contiguous happened truthful I tin larn and instrumentality it arsenic a acquisition truthful going guardant I'll conscionable person much acquisition banked," she said.

Sasnovich, a 27-year-old from Belarus ranked 100th successful the world, reached the doubles semifinals past period astatine the US Open portion Raducanu was completing a stunning tally from qualifier to champion astatine property 18.

"Emma conscionable won the US Open and I mislaid determination successful the archetypal round," Sasnovich said, "so it was a small spot different."

Sasnovich got work breaks to instrumentality leads of 3-1 and 5-2 and adjacent retired the acceptable successful 30 minutes without ever losing her serve.

Raducanu rallied successful the 2nd set, taking a 4-2 lead.

But Sasnovich broke for a 5th clip and led 5-4 earlier serving retired the match. Sasnovich won 53 per cent of her 2nd serves to conscionable 29 per cent for Raducanu.

"I'm inactive truthful caller to everything," Raducanu said. "The experiences that I'm going done close now, adjacent though I mightiness not consciousness 100 per cent astonishing close now, I cognize they're for the greater good."

Sasnovich precocious to play No.11 effect Simona Halep successful the 3rd round. Halep bushed Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (2), 6-1.

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