Emma Raducanu mentioned she felt “mentally and emotionally exhausted” after dropping within the first spherical on the Madrid Open.
The 21-year-old was overwhelmed 6-2 6-2 by Argentine qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle.
Raducanu helped Britain beat France in the Billie Jean King Cup earlier than reaching her first WTA quarter-final in 19 months on the Stuttgart Open final week as she continues her comeback from an injury-hit 2023 season.
“I might say the previous few weeks have been loads,” Raducanu mentioned.
“I believe from the efficiency immediately it was very clear that mentally and emotionally I used to be exhausted.
“I used to be attempting to push by means of and I used to be simply unable to push by means of immediately. I assume the game is simply fairly brutal.”
Raducanu, who dropped to 303rd on the earth following wrist and ankle operations final yr, was set to play Karolina Pliskova in her opening match – however the former world primary pulled out of the match due to a wrist harm.
Presently ranked 221st, Raducanu was unable to get better after falling a double break of serve behind in each units in opposition to her 82nd-ranked opponent.
Harriet Dart was additionally overwhelmed in straight units in Madrid.
The 27-year-old, who received two qualifying matches to succeed in the principle draw, held a 4-0 lead in her second set in opposition to Spain’s Cristina Bucsa however went on to lose 6-4 6-4.
Within the males’s draw, Britain’s Jack Draper progressed with a hard-fought three-set win over Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis.
After Kokkinakis took a good contest to a decider, the 22-year-old Draper averted a final-set tie-break by breaking serve within the twelfth sport to clinch a 6-3 3-6 7-5 victory.
The world quantity 43 will play Poland’s eighth seed Hubert Hurkacz subsequent.
Elsewhere on the Madrid Open, four-time main champion Naomi Osaka progressed with a cushty 6-4 6-1 win in opposition to Belgium’s Greet Minnen.
