Emma Raducanu retired from her first-round match on the Wuhan Open towards Ann Li as she struggled with the humid circumstances.
Raducanu was 6-1 4-1 all the way down to Li when she determined to retire after a medical timeout, having regarded virtually dizzy at factors within the second set.
The British No 1 is the newest participant to retire or withdraw from a event in current weeks throughout the Asia swing with six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek criticising the “overwhelming” tennis schedule.
Raducanu is hoping to finish the season strongly by remaining within the high 32 on the WTA rankings to make sure she is seeded at January’s Australian Open however it isn’t clear whether or not she’s going to now compete within the different China occasions this month.
Li, who will face Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova within the subsequent spherical, stated: “I need to want Emma a quick restoration. It appears to be like like she wasn’t feeling good.
“It was a tough match last time, so hopefully she feels better. I’m happy with my performance, I stayed pretty solid for the entire match.”
Raducanu bought off to a quick begin by breaking Li within the opening recreation however went on to lose the following six video games of the primary set in simply 28 minutes.
Li merely overpowered Raducanu with nice ball-striking whereas her opponent started to more and more make unforced errors and was clearly not totally match.
Raducanu made 4 double faults initially of the second set, bending down, signalling that she might retire however by some means managed to carry serve.
Emma Raducanu gained simply two video games earlier than retiring
Nonetheless, the match went away from her once more as Li gained 4 consecutive video games earlier than Raducanu known as for the coach to take a blood strain and temperature check, then quickly shook fingers with Li.
Earlier on Tuesday, Naomi Osaka beat Leylah Fernandez 4-6 7-5 6-3 and Amanda Anisimova withdrew from the event on account of a calf damage following her triumph on the China Open on Sunday.
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