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Emma Raducanu’s French Open campaign came to an early end as she suffered a frustrating first-round defeat by Argentina’s Solana Sierra.<\/b><\/p>\n

After failing to win a single game in a dismal first set that only lasted 25 minutes, the British number one fought back from a double-break down in the second to force a tie-break.<\/p>\n

However, she could not see through the turnaround as world number 68 Sierra regrouped to win 6-0 7-6 (7-4).<\/p>\n

Raducanu’s 2026 season has been disrupted by a post-viral illness that kept her off the WTA Tour for more than two months following Indian Wells in March.<\/p>\n

Her build-up to the French Open had been far from ideal, with a first-round defeat at the Strasbourg Open earlier this week her only match on clay.<\/p>\n

And Raducanu’s unfamiliarity with the red dirt was evident from the offset as Sierra, who grew up playing on clay, broke serve in the opening game.<\/p>\n

Things went downhill from there for the Briton, who hit 15 unforced errors to zero winners as Sierra broke twice more on her way to a first-set ‘bagel’.<\/p>\n

A downcast Raducanu took time off court before returning for the second set, and while she managed to get a game on the board early on, it remained plain sailing for Sierra, who put away a series of booming forehand winners to storm to a 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n

A break back gave Raducanu a glimmer of hope and belief started to creep in when she levelled the set at 5-5 with Sierra serving for the match.<\/p>\n

Sierra broke back immediately but once again failed to serve out the win as a resurgent Raducanu forced a tie-break.<\/p>\n

However, after clawing her way back to 5-4 from 5-1 down in the tie-break, Raducanu’s resistance let up and Sierra secured victory after an hour and 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

Raducanu has been blighted by illness and injuries in recent years and has only gone beyond the third round of a major once since her US Open win in 2021.<\/p>\n

Her focus will now turn to the British grass-court season as she continues to work with coach Andrew Richardson, who helped guide her to the Flushing Meadows title as a teenage qualifier in 2021 and was re-hired by Raducanu earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Sierra will face Italian 13th seed Jasmine Paolini or Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine in the second round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emma Raducanu’s French Open campaign came to an early end as she suffered a frustrating first-round defeat by Argentina’s Solana Sierra. After failing to win a single game in a dismal first set that only lasted 25 minutes, the British number one fought back from a double-break down in the second to force a tie-break. 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