Indian Wells: Emma Raducanu beaten by Iga Swiatek in fourth round

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Emma Raducanu hits a forehand against Iga Swiatek astatine Indian Wells

Britain's Emma Raducanu is retired of Indian Wells aft a straight-set decision by satellite fig 1 Iga Swiatek successful the 4th round.

The defending champion won 6-3 6-1 to scope the quarter-finals.

The 2nd acceptable was one-sided, but Raducanu's 3 wins successful California correspond her champion tourney since winning the 2021 US Open.

"I deliberation that Iga played a precise bully level and showed wherefore she is fig 1 successful the world," Raducanu told BBC Sport.

"She was precise ruthless with the mode that she played. I deliberation I was capable to enactment competitory for the opening of the lucifer but yet she crushed maine down and by the extremity of it I was conscionable taking mode excessively agelong to retrieve from 1 rally."

The archetypal 4 games of the lucifer gave Raducanu plentifulness of encouragement - some players had 2 interruption points arsenic the games were shared.

The solitary interruption of the archetypal acceptable came successful the sixth game, allowing Swiatek to instrumentality the opener 6-3 arsenic she began striking the shot superbly.

The satellite fig one's defence was arsenic watertight arsenic ever and the winners started to flow.

Raducanu managed to prevention 4 interruption points astatine 1-1 successful the 2nd set, but could not prevention a 5th and did not triumph different crippled aft that.

In her 4th lucifer successful six days, astatine her archetypal tourney since January's Australian Open, the Briton's vigor levels dropped importantly and the past fewer games were a procession.

"I tin instrumentality a affirmative week," said the 20-year-old, who astir withdrew from the tourney due to the fact that of a wrist wounded and the after-effects of tonsillitis.

"I deliberation I had a fewer bully wins earlier against immoderate large opponents. I did 2 bully grooming weeks successful London. They paid disconnected to an grade but yet 2 weeks of grooming isn't going to chopped it against the satellite fig 1 close now.

"I'm looking guardant to playing her aft I've got much clip nether my belt.

"Physically I consciousness similar that's going to beryllium 1 of my biggest assets. I deliberation that I'm going to beryllium 1 of the champion athletes connected the tour, and that's going to beryllium a large portion of my game.

"I would accidental determination is simply a precise agelong mode to go, but I'm decidedly starting the close enactment now."

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