ASB Classic: Emma Raducanu retires in tears with ankle injury 11 days before Australian Open

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Emma Raducanu of Great Britain withdraws injured

Emma Raducanu retired from her second-round ASB Classic lucifer successful tears aft injuring her ankle conscionable 11 days earlier the commencement of the Australian Open.

The 20-year-old Briton won the opening acceptable 6-0 against Slovakia's Viktoria Kuzmova, but mislaid the 2nd 7-5.

She received aesculapian attraction earlier the commencement of the 3rd acceptable but signalled her withdrawal 2 points into her opening work game.

The erstwhile US Open champion had an injury-blighted 2022 season.

Having retired from 5 matches past year, Raducanu said she was injury escaped and feeling "good" pursuing an accumulation lucifer successful December.

She began 2023 with victory implicit teen Linda Fruhvirtova successful her opening lucifer successful Auckland successful mentation for the season's archetypal large tourney successful Melbourne.

Elsewhere, connected Thursday, Coco Gauff bushed chap American and victor of the 2020 Australian Open Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-4.

The 18-year-old fig 1 effect volition play successful the quarter-finals against China's Zhu Lin, who defeated seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams 3-6 6-2 7-5 successful a rain-interrupted match.

Zhu won the last 4 games of the lucifer arsenic she came from 5-3 down successful the deciding set. Williams served for the lucifer astatine 5-4 but the Chinese satellite fig 84 broke and saved 4 interruption points arsenic she held service to determination 6-5 up earlier again breaking serve.

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