I was overpowered, admits Raducanu

EMMA Raducanu admitted she could not summon the power to compete with Amanda Anisimova after crashing to a 52-minute defeat in the third round at Indian Wells.

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Emma Raducanu serves against Amanda Anisimova at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California

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The Briton was overwhelmed in a 6-1 6-1 thrashing, broken in the first game and consistently rattled by Anisimova's strength. She repeatedly declined to chase down drop shots and struggled to put her opponent under any pressure with her return of serve.

The manner of the defeat to the sixth seed sapped some of the optimism generated by Raducanu's fluent 6-1 6-3 win over Anastasia Zakharova and leaves plenty of questions still to answer as she bids to rebuild her style.