Last year, Emma Raducanu enjoyed relative obscurity entering the US Open. This year, she came in as a superstar but lost in the first round. Between the two tournaments, it s been a year of frustration, injuries and adjustment.
Eleventh seed Raducanu became only the third women s defending champion in history to lose in the first round as Cornet crafted a scintillating performance to seal a deserved 6-3, 6-3 victory on Louis Armstrong Stadium.
2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu lost her opening-round match in straight sets on Tuesday to France's Alize Cornet. Iga Swiatek and Rafael Nadal advanced in search of another Grand Slam title.
Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, Coco Gauff . plenty of drama will unfold in the next two weeks at the US Open. Our experts make their best predictions as to what will happen.