of power from the teenager to take the opening set 6-4 and move into a 3-0 lead in the second. Raducanu had been noticeably struggling to breathe and, after consulting with the trainer and doctor, she took a medical timeout where it was deemed she could not continue.
Raducanu settled into the match well after a slightly nervous start and forced break points at 3-3 and 4-4. But Tomljanovic, who was playing extremely well, kept her composure to save them and then took the set when the teenager sent a forehand over the baseline. Raducanu had looked to be battling to recover after a couple of long points, and during the second game of the second set she went to the umpire to request the trainer.
John McEnroe made a statement to BBC “I feel bad for Emma. It appears that it got a little bit too much, as is understandable, particularly what we’ve been talking about these last six weeks with Naomi Osaka not even here. How much can players handle? Hopefully she’ll learn from this experience. Maybe it’s not a shame that it happened right now, when she’s 18. I think, seeing this, expectations drop a little bit, allow her to take a couple of deep breaths. She’ll get some nice wild cards into events now.”
