British Number 1 Raducanu Crashes Out Of Australian Open, Muguruza Also Out

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Emma Raducanu suffered an upset on Thursday at the Australian Open and has crashed out of the tournament after she was beaten by the world number 98, Danka Kovinic.

 

 

 

Raducanu had beaten US star Sloane Stephen in her first game in the tournament.

 

 

 

Raducanu’s Australian Open debut ended in 6-4 4-6 6-3 defeat as she struggled with blisters on her hands.

 

 

 

British number 1 Raducanu revealed that she has been nursing the blister for about five days.

 

 

 

“It has been a challenge, for sure,” she told BBC Sport.

 

 

 

“The past few days I have been really hindered in my practice and couldn’t hit any forehands or serves at all.

 

 

 

“Some people in my team didn’t really want me to go out there. I wanted to go and fight and see how far that would take me.”

 

 

 

In other games, third seed Garbine Muguruza lost to French veteran Alize Cornet 6-3 6-3 and sixth seed Anett Kontaveit beaten 6-2 6-4 by Danish teenager Clara Tauson.

 

 

 

Simona Halep put in a clinical performance to see off Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2 6-0, while, second seed Aryna Sabalenka surrendered the opening set before outclassing China’s Wang Xinyu 1-6 6-4 6-2.

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.

He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.

Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.

He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.

Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.

Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.

He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.

Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.

He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.

Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.

Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.


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