Emma Raducanu crashes out of China Open after Jessica Pegula comeback

Emily Nicole

Emma Raducanu crashes out of China Open after Jessica Pegula comeback image

Emma Raducanu is out of the China Open, after failing to convert three match points to a win against Jessica Pegula. 

The British number 1 took a comfortable 6-3 first set lead, before the American forced a second set tie-break. 

Raducanu was leading 5-2 in the tie-break with three points for the match, but Pegula defended against them to force a deciding set.

And it was a shocking turn of events, as she bagelled the Brit 6-love to move into the final 16. 

This was Raducanu's second match of the China Open. She received a bye in the first round, and won in straight sets to Cristina Bucsa on September 27. 

The 2021 US Open champion has now faced back-to-back round of 32 exits, first in Korea and now China. 

The only Brit standing in the tournament is 23-year-old Sonay Kartal. 

The world ranked 81st breezed through in straight sets against Australia's Maya Joint to set up a meeting with World No.5 Mirra Andreeva in the last-16. 

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