Emma Raducanu suffered a heavy defeat in simply 52 minutes to Amanda Anisimova in the third round at Indian Wells. The British No 1 was effectively beneath par in a 6-1 6-1 loss to the American world No 6.
Raducanu, seeded 25, could have been battling a health subject as she repeatedly refused to chase down drop pictures. The 23-year-old’s first serve misfired badly and she or he hit simply two winners to her opponent’s 21.
“I think I can be very pleased with my performance today,” Anisimova mentioned in her on-court interview. “I had a tough first round so just went out to be fearless. I wanted to enjoy it and wanted to keep the run going.”
The prime seed, Aryna Sabalenka, eased into the final 16 with a 6-4 6-1 win over Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian. She will meet Naomi Osaka, who wanted all three units to get previous Camila Osorio of Colombia 6-1 3-6 6-1.
“I can only say that I tried to be more positive,” mentioned Osaka of the third set. (*6*)
In the boys’s draw, the second seed, Jannik Sinner, wanted simply 71 minutes to e-book his place in the final 16 with a 6-3 6-2 win over Canada’s Denis Shapovalov.
“It’s a very tough second match for me,” Sinner mentioned. “He’s a very high quality player … he had great wins in the past so I’m very happy about today’s performance.”
The fourth seed, Alexander Zverev, was made to work tougher earlier than beating Brandon Nakashima 7-6 5-7 6-4 in simply over two and a half hours.
“He played a fantastic match today,” Zverev mentioned of Nakashima, who had 17 aces to Zverev’s 15. “He served like I have never seen before. He was hitting his spots well. Every ace was more or less on the line for him, so I’ve got to give credit to him. He played a great match.”
