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US Open champ Raducanu loses at Australian Open

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Melbourne, January 20

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US Open champion Emma Raducanu has lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to Danka Kovinic in the second round of the Australian Open.

Raducanu won the US Open as a qualifier last September in just her second main draw appearance at a major.

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The 19-year-old Raducanu entered the Australian Open as the 17th seed and beat 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens in the first round.

But after going up a double break early, Raducanu had treatment for what appeared to be blisters on her right hand and then dropped four of the next five games to lose the set.

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She rallied to level the match in the second but again needed treatment on her hand before the third set.

No. 98-ranked Kovinic had two match points on serve and, after Raducanu saved one with a big forehand winner, closed it out with a backhand winner down the line to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. —AP

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