Raducanu out of Madrid Open after loss to Kostyuk

Following Marta Kostyuk’s defeat in the second round, Emma Raducanu will miss the Madrid Open.

The British number two appeared to be preparing for a comeback in the second set, but Kostyuk, the 24th seed, won 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

Raducanu made her comeback from a month-long absence from competitive games.

The British women’s team’s performance came to an end in the Spanish capital with Sonay Kartal losing to Elina Svitolina from Ukraine and Katie Boulter falling to Jasmine Paolini in the sixth round.

Italian Paolini, who had lost just three games to Boulter in 61 minutes and finished with a score of 6-1, 6-2, in the world, was among the six.

The 2024 French Open winner won six of her seven break points, securing a last-32 tie with Maria Sakkari from Greece.

Boulter, who defeated Katerina Siniakova in the first round of the WTA clay-court match, won only 11 points of 46 on serve and committed 21 errors without making any errors.

Svitolina, the 17th seed, defeated world number 60 Kartal, who won her first clay-court match in the opening round in the Spanish capital, 6-3 6-1.

After reaching the Miami Open quarter-finals last month, Raducanu took a “physical and mental” break, which included her first competitive game since then.

It was also the first outdoor clay victory in almost three years.

However, the former US Open champion had to fight back on Friday when she was only competing in her 18th competitive clay-court match. She had to break down for 3-3 in the first set before immediately dropping her serve after two double faults for Kostyuk.

In order to force a deciding set, Raducanu improved in the second set, winning four games in a row in a row.

However, the Briton’s subpar opening game gave Kostyuk a chance to win and advance to the third round, where she will face Veronika Kudermetova.

Meanwhile, eighth seed Zheng Qinwen struggled to recover from Anastasia Potapova, who had defeated top seed Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 6-4.

Paula Badosa, a player from Spain, has broken her back.