It was a positive start for the top seed, who held to love in her first service game before breaking the Ukrainian’s serve to take an early lead. With her standing now down 72 places to world No 83 as of Monday, the Brit stepped onto court in Portoroz to face Yastremska for the first time in her career. The 19-year-old returned to Flushing Meadows as the defending champion but lasted just an hour and 41 minutes on court before losing to Alize Cornet 6-3 6-3 in the first round, and took a last-minute wildcard into the Slovenia Open as she looked to build back up in the rankings after losing 2,040 points from last year’s US Open win. Raducanu was playing her first match since suffering a disappointing early exit at the US Open.
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