MELBOURNE — Emma Raducanu was handed the worst grand slam defeat of her career on Saturday, dumped out of the Australian Open by Iga Swiatek 6-1, 6-0.

It was a year of frequent coaching changes for Raducanu. Having won the U.S. Open with Andrew Richardson, she replaced him with Torben Beltz just two months after winning the title. By April 2022, Beltz was out and Dimitry Tursunov, who had worked with Annett Kontaveit while she reached No. 2 in the world, was in.

Iga Swiatek rushed through her first set in 26 minutes and completed her 6-0, 6-2 second-round win over Rebecca Sramkova in an hour at the Australian Open.

Former world number one John McEnroe has highlighted reasons behind backing Britain’s Emma Raducanu to cause an upset when she will face world number two Poland’s Iga Swiatek.

The only women’s match featuring Grand Slam singles champions in the third round at the Australian Open turned out to be an overpowering win by Iga Swiatek over Emma Raducanu

Iga Swiatek has described her performance as perfect after a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu at the Australian Open

Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu on Saturday in the only Australian Open women's third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions that this was how she described it: "I felt like the ball is listening to me,

Emma Raducanu was beaten by Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open on Saturday morning - but won't leave the first Grand Slam of the year with nothing. The 22-year-old won just one game as Swiatek secured a 6-1,