Emma Raducanu has suffered one other damage setback after being pressured to retire mid-match from her Korea Open quarter-final towards Daria Kasatkina.
Raducanu had proven promising indicators throughout her two victories within the match, battling laborious to beat top-50 gamers Peyton Stearns and Yue Yuan on her approach to a last-eight showdown with the highest seed.
The 21-year-old acquired therapy on her foot throughout her victory over Yuan however had been given an additional day to recuperate forward of her conflict with Kasatkina, after heavy rain in Seoul pressured play to be deserted on Friday and push the quarter-finals to Saturday.
Kasatkina breezed by the opening set 6-1 in simply over half-hour towards an out-of-sorts Raducanu, who then retired forward of the second set to provide the world No 13 a spot within the final 4.
Raducanu struggles once more in Korea
The 21-year-old was seeking to make her second WTA Tour semi-final this yr, having additionally reached the final 4 in Nottingham in June, however struggled towards an opponent who had crushed her in straight units in each earlier encounters.
Raducanu recovered from shedding the opening recreation on her serve to instantly break again within the subsequent, though struggled on her serve once more as Kasatkina received the third recreation to maneuver forward.
The previous US Open champion misplaced the subsequent two video games and acquired physio on her left foot forward of the sixth, the place she confirmed indicators of discomfort after being damaged to like.
Kasatkina then held within the subsequent to shut out the set, which was sufficient for victory when Raducanu determined to retire.
Elsewhere, 2017 runner-up Beatriz Haddad Maia with a 6-2 6-1 win over Polina Kudermetova and Veronika Kudermetova defeated Viktoriya Tomova 7-5 6-3.
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What’s arising on Sky Sports activities Tennis in September?
- Korea Open – WTA 500 (September 16-22)
- Thailand Open – WTA 250 (September 16-22)
- Chengdu Open – ATP 250 (September 17-24)
- Hangzhou Open – ATP 250 (September 18-24)
- Japan Open – ATP 500 (September 25-October 1)
- China Open – ATP 500 (September 26-October 2)
- China Open – WTA 1000 (September 25-October 6 – with Emma Raducanu in motion)
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