Raducanu suffers longest losing run of career after first-round defeat in Qatar

  • British No 2 beaten by Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 7-5
  • Player never lost more than three matches in a row before

Emma Raducanu’s struggles continued as she suffered a fourth straight loss for the first time in her career.

Raducanu began her season with victory over Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round of the Australian Open but could not repeat the feat at the Qatar Open in Doha. A 6-3, 7-5 loss to Alexandrova followed first-round defeats by Marketa Vondrousova in Abu Dhabi and Cristina Bucsa in Singapore as well as a third-round defeat by Iga Swiatek in Melbourne.

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