emma raducanu has 11 days to prove her fitness for the australian open after an injury forced her to retire from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland. the 20 year old took the first set against viktoria kuzmova, before the slovakian fought back to level. at the start of the third set, raducanu took a lenghty medical timeout after rolling her ankle and retired from the match in tears. it s the latest in a series of injury related retirements by the british player who shot to fame by coming through the qualifiers to win the us open in 2021. 0n the men s tour, novak djokovic is laying down an early marker in his bid for a record extending 10th australian open title. the 35 year old former world number one came through a stern test against contan aliss at the adelaide international to reach the quarter finals. djokovic was a break down in the first set against the world number 64 but outlasted the frenchman to take the first set on a tie break. and it was much the same s
he s now in a critical condition. in shades of the incident that affected footballer christia eriksen, the buffalo bills player fell to the ground after colliding with an opponent during the first quarter of a match against the cincinnati bengals. he received on field medical attention for more than half an hour before being taken to hospital. the nfl called the game off afterwards. he remains in a critical condition. new zealand were all out for 449 in their first innings of the second test against pakistan in karachi. matt henry, who played for kent last season, claimed the third test match half century of his career. his partnership with ajaz patel added 104 runs for the last wicket. henry took the first wicket of pakistan s innings, dismissing abdullah shafique forjust 19 runs. pakistan are currently 57 for two. emma raducanu made a winning start to 2023 with victory over teenager linda fruhvirtova in her opening match at the asb classic in auckland.
the fast bowler impressed in his two tests for england in march 2022, taking six wickets against west indies. since then mahmood suffered a stress fracture in his back meaning he hasn t played competitively since may but the 25 year old should get plenty of practise on the lions tour against sri lanka a in the form of two four day tests and three one day internationals in his bid to be picked for the ashes next summer. luke wood has also been named in the one day lions squad. it might help alleviate the disappointment of his melbourne stars side losing to melbourne renegades in australia s big bash league. he took two wickets, but could only manage one run as the stars lost by 33 runs at the mcg. his fellow english team mate joe clarke had a bad day too. he opened the batting for stars, but went for a duck. emma raducanu made a winning start to 2023 with victory over teenager linda fruhvirtova in her opening match at the asb classic in auckland.
of the other stories making the sports news today and. saqib mahmood is set to make his return from injury on england lions white ball tour of sri lanka next month. the lancashire fast bowler impressed in his two tests for england against west indies but has since suffered from a stress fracture in his back. emma raducanu made a winning start to the year with victory over teenager linda fruhvirtova in her opening match at the asb classic in auckland. the 2021 us open champion will face slovakia s victoria kuzmova next. andy murray and kyle edmund lost their respective matches. 2021 uk snooker champion zhao xintong is one of two more chinese players who has been suspended by the sports world governing body as part of its investigation into match fixing. the 25 year old and his compatriot zhang jiankang bring the total to ten chinese players who have
run as the stars lost by 33 runs at the mcg. his fellow english team mate joe clarke had a bad day too. he opened the batting for stars, but went for a duck. emma raducanu made a winning start to 2023 with victory over teenager linda fruhvirtova in her opening match at the asb classic in auckland. the 20 year old former us open champion will now face victoria kuzmova from slovakia who s ranked outside the top 100 after coming through in three sets against the 17 year old from the czech republic. raducanu had been a set and a break down before turning things round. no such luck for the british men as there were first round defeats for kyle edmund and andy murray at the adelaide international. murray was edged out 7 6 6 3 to seb korda from the us in a close match while kyle edmund continued to struggle on his return from injury.