Indian Wells: Raducanu shrugs off wrist concerns to win in straight sets, meets Linette next

The build-up to Emma Raducanu‘s first round match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Thursday ahd been all about her wrist injury and physical fitness.

Raducanu, whose had a torrid time with injuries since last year, dismissed some of those concerns with a convincing straight sets win over Montenegrin Danka Kovinic.

The 2021 US Open champion needed only one hour and 22 minutes to win 6-2, 6-3 and advance to the second round in Indian Wells.

This was the 20-year-old’s first match since exiting the Australian Open in the second round stage and improved her record to 3-2 for the year.

Raducanu, ranked No 77, will face next face No 20 seed Magda Linette for a spot in the third round of the WTA 1000 event.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000, most recent results first):

• Tatjana Maria beat Jasmine Paolini: 7-5, 6-1
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Ysaline Bonaventure (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Katerina Siniakova beat Jule Niemeier: 7-5, 6-4
• Dalma Galfi (LL) beat Danielle Collins: 6-4, 6-4
• Bernarda Pera beat Lucia Bronzetti: 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
• Jil Teichmann beat Ashlyn Krueger (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
• Elizabeth Mandlik (WC) beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (1)
• Rebecca Peterson beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
• Camila Giorgi beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 6-3
• Shelby Rogers beat Katie Volynets (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
• Xiyu Wang beat Olga Danilovic (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Katie Swan (Q): 7-6 (6), 7-5
• Xinyu Wang beat Elise Mertens: 6-3, 6-1
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Mayar Sherif: 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Dayana Yastremska (WC) beat Anna Bondar: 6-3, 6-4
• Evgeniya Rodina beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 7-5
• Linda Noskova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (7), 6-1
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Anna Blinkova beat Ann Li (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Emma Navarro vs. Catherine McNally
• Maryna Zanevska vs. Lauren Davis
• Sloane Stephens vs. Sofia Kenin
• Claire Liu vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Laura Siegemund vs. Madison Brengle
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Rebecca Marino
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Karolina Muchova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Kimberly Birrell

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