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Emma Raducanu got off a flying start

Emma Raducanu breezed past her first test at the Australian Open, setting up an intriguing matchup with fellow emerging talent Coco Gauff.
Harry Siuu
By: Harry Siuu

The top-ranked British player thrashed Tamara Korpatsch of Germany 6-3, 6-2 in 85 minutes, putting injury concerns to rest. Despite playing against a player with obvious limitations, the 2021 US Open champion delivered a performance that was more than excellent. As compensation, she will play the number seven seed, an 18-year-old Czech who overcame Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 6-4.

Raducanu expressed his excitement for the match against Gauff by saying, "I'm definitely looking forward to this bout.  I'm definitely game.  I am fairly familiar with her. She's incredibly pleasant, sociable, and down to earth off the court. She is cool, I agree.  I'm simply satisfied with the way I kind of handled myself today in the matches," she exclaimed after defeating Korpatsch. Even if I wasn't always playing at my best, I had a strong enough mental game to push through.  She is cunning. She will occasionally shank it, occasionally hit high, and occasionally strike nothing, but it will always be quite effective. It was hard. I have to remain alert and on my toes."

Emma Raducanu had a good start at the Australia Open

While Raducanu was armed with the knowledge that she had won their previous match, which was played on clay in Stuttgart in April, she also had a strapping on the left ankle she injured in Auckland.

Had the British player not played so few matches since the fall and been given more freedom in her preparations here, there should have been less to worry about. The first of Raducanu's four breaks, which she got despite her clumsy delivery but promptly gave back, started a fairly chaotic first set. The 20-year-old from Kent combined successful groundstrokes with a few mistakes to edge up 3-1 before being drawn back to level. She quickly gained momentum after that and won the set by serving with plenty of pop and grabbing the ball early to drive through the court.

These were the glimpses of the player who won the US Open; she was moving reasonably well, albeit her backhand launch appeared to be a little compromised. The set was won with a fantastic forehand pass. Raducanu, who appeared to have everything under control at 3-0, would go on to win six straight games. Korpatsch put up some stiffer resistance by slicing the ball with larger and flatter cuts.

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Harry Siuu
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