Umpire stops match in first minute for bizarre reason
In their three previous encounters, Emma Raducanu has never so much as taken a set off Iga Swiatek, and if she’s going to change that today she’s got some work to do.
The Polish world No.2 is up an early break in the first set on Rod Laver Arena, and has been comfortably holding her service games.
Raducanu only just managed to hold her first game and at one point found herself down 0-40 facing three break points in her second.
Swiatek only needed two of them to get the job done.
Swiatek has never been known as a hard-court player, but she is certainly looking dangerous in this year’s Australian Open. She, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff are for mine the three favourites on the women’s side at the moment.
As I publish this, Swiatek claimed a second break and will now serve for the first set.
“Raducanu is being absolutely shut out of this first set,” Sam Smith quipped in commentary for Nine.
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