Raducanu recovers from rocky start to win

TENNIS Emma Raducanu recovered from a poor start to see off Mananchaya Sawangkaew in the opening round of the Australian Open.

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Defeat to diminutive Thai debutante Sawangkaew would have been the worst grand slam result of Raducanu’s career but in the end she eased to a comfortable 6-4 6-1 victory under the lights on Margaret Court Arena.

Raducanu, who will next meet Russian Anastasia Potapova, said: “I feel very happy to have got through that match. From the beginning I felt like she was playing really well. I'm really proud of how I fought back in the first set.”