Madrid, April 26 -- Emma Raducanu is out of the Madrid Open in the second round following defeat by Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk.
The British number two looked set to mount a comeback in the second set but 24th-seed Kostyuk pulled away to win 6-4 2-6 6-2.
Raducanu was making her return from a month-long absence from competitive matches.
Her defeat rounded off a disappointing day for the British women in the Spanish capital as Katie Boulter fell to sixth seed Jasmine Paolini while Sonay Kartal lost to Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, the
BBC reported.
Ranked six in the world, Italian Paolini dropped just three games as she beat Boulter 6-1 6-2 within 61 minutes.
The 2024 French Open runner-up converted six of her seven break points, setting up a l...