Emma Raducanu suffered the joint-heaviest defeat of her career as she was knocked out of the Australian Open in the third round by Iga Swiatek. Coming into the tournament with a niggling back issue, Raducanu progressed to the third round for the first time in her career after wins against Ekaterina Alexandrova and Amanda Anisimova.

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Emma Raducanu reached the Australian Open third round for the first time in her career with a dogged victory over American opponent Amanda Anisimova .

Iga Swiatek rushed through her first set in 26 minutes and completed her 6-0, 6-2 second-round win over Rebecca Sramkova in an hour at the Australian Open.

It was a year of frequent coaching changes for Raducanu. Having won the U.S. Open with Andrew Richardson, she replaced him with Torben Beltz just two months after winning the title. By April 2022, Beltz was out and Dimitry Tursunov, who had worked with Annett Kontaveit while she reached No. 2 in the world, was in.

Emma Raducanu (No. 61 in the world) takes on Iga Swiatek (No. 2) in the Round of 32 at the Australian Open.Raducanu secured a two-set win over Amanda Anisimova (6-3, 7-5) in the Round

The third round of the Australian Open continues on Saturday with second seed Iga Swiatek looking to maintain her perfect record against Emma Raducanu in a battle of former U.S. Open champions.

Emma Raducanu battles more injury problems to reach Australian Open third round - The 22-year-old received treatment for a back issue during her 6-3 7-5 victory over Amanda Anisimova