{"id":57132,"date":"2022-09-01T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=57132"},"modified":"2022-09-01T02:36:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:36:00","slug":"emma-raducanu-the-defending-champion-loses-in-the-first-round-of-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/emma-raducanu-the-defending-champion-loses-in-the-first-round-of-the-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu, the defending champion, loses in the first round of the US Open."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD 31, August  2022 (ONLINE): The unlikely tennis fairytale that was Emma Raducanu\u2019s march to the U.S. Open title last year came to an end on Tuesday when she was defeated by Frenchwoman Alize Cornet in the first round, 6-3, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Since Germany\u2019s Angelique Kerber in 2017, the 11th-seeded British player became the only reigning US Open champion to lose in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>When Raducanu won 10 matches in New York without dropping a set, she made history by becoming the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title. This feat launched her career into the stratosphere and made her one of the most recognisable athletes on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>At Flushing Meadows, it was the first set grabbed from Raducanu, albeit it wasn\u2019t the last.<\/p>\n<p>When Raducanu requested the trainer between sets to treat blisters on her right hand, the task at hand became a little more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>However, the British player responded with a break of her own and a second to take the lead 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>Before Cornet changed gears and won the next five games to secure the victory, Raducanu appeared to be headed for a decisive third set with the Louis Armstrong court crowd on his side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD 31, August 2022 (ONLINE): The unlikely tennis fairytale that was Emma Raducanu\u2019s march to the U.S. Open title last year came to an end on Tuesday when she was defeated by Frenchwoman Alize Cornet in the first round, 6-3, 6-3. 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