Emma Raducanu earned her first victory since September after preventing again to beat Camila Osorio in straight units within the first spherical of the Hobart Worldwide.
The British No 1, the highest seed for this event, had been 4-2 down and at deuce on her personal serve within the second set in opposition to the Colombian wild card when rain compelled a stoppage on Tuesday.
Nevertheless, Raducanu returned the next day to say the second set in a tie-break and win 6-3 7-6 (7-2), having damaged the Colombian when she served for the set at 5-4, and can now play Poland’s Magdalena Frech within the second spherical in Tasmania.
The 23-year-old had misplaced her first match of 2026 earlier this month, overwhelmed by Greece’s Maria Sakkari whereas representing Nice Britain on the United Cup, a mixed-gender workforce occasion.
Raducanu ended her 2025 marketing campaign in October after affected by sickness in China, whereas she had been bothered by a foot harm throughout pre-season and sat out a scheduled singles match versus Naomi Osaka on the United Cup earlier than returning in opposition to Sakkari.
Raducanu: This win means rather a lot
Talking after her win over world No 82 Osorio, Raducanu stated: “These ones imply a lot extra. It is such a positive line between successful and dropping a match like that.
“It will probably simply have an effect on your complete temper, your complete days, your complete weeks. I strive to not let that occur but it surely’s very tough. This can be a excellent day to stack up.
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Raducanu’s match with Osorio was suspended on Tuesday as a consequence of heavy rain with the Brit a arrange however 4-2 down within the second
“It was a very, very difficult match. We played under all conditions and coming on, coming off a few times, it was really difficult.
“I am simply actually happy with how I got here out and turned it round after which caught in in the course of the tie-break.”
Raducanu will be the 28th seed in the women’s singles at the Australian Open, which runs from January 18 to February 1.
The Briton reached the third round in Melbourne last year before losing 6-1 6-0 to current world No 2 Iga Swiatek.
Brits eye main Australian Open draw – as Austria’s Ofner suffers epic fail
In Australian Open qualifying, meanwhile, British men Arthur Fery and George Loffhagen are each one win away from making their main-draw debuts.
Fery beat former top-20 player Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-2 in a little over an hour and will now face Croatian Dino Prizmic for a spot in the tournament proper.
Nice Britain’s Arthur Fery is a win away from the primary draw of the Australian Open
Loffhagen will play American Nishesh Basavareddy after his second-round opponent, Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka, pulled out injured whereas trailing 6-3 3-1.
Basavareddy defeated Sebastian Ofner in weird vogue, coming by a final-set tie-break after the Austrian prematurely celebrated victory a short time earlier.
Ofner thought he had gained after transferring 7-1 up, forgetting that in Grand Slams tie-breaks are prolonged to 10 factors, and was then knocked out 4-6 6-4 7-6 (13-11) earlier than Basavareddy mimed a ‘choke’ gesture.
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