Emma Raducanu WINS within the first spherical on the Australian Open
- Emma Raducanu beat Shelby Rogers in straight units in Melbourne
- Raducanu received 6-3 6-2 in simply 76 minutes and by no means seemed troubled
- British star will play Yafang Wafang of China within the second spherical
Emma Raducanu loved a contented return to Grand Slam motion at present when she comfortably defeated American Shelby Rogers to make the Australian Open second spherical.
And her draw has opened up considerably as she is going to now face world quantity 94 Yafan Wang of China, who upset her scheduled opponent, quantity 22 seed Sorana Cirstea.
Playing her first Slam since this occasion final 12 months, Raducanu wanted to be stable towards the American who has not performed since Wimbledon, and made the form of errors one may count on after such a very long time out.
Raducanu took solely 76 minutes to win because the solar went down on the 1573 Arena, with the group packed to see her comeback to this stage.
She benefitted from the American’s 35 unforced errors however served effectively in the direction of the tip and by no means seemed in peril. She will know, nevertheless, that this was a comparatively mild reintroduction.
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Emma Raducanu made a convincing grand slam return with victory over Shelby Rogers
