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| Dates:17-30 January Venue: Melbourne Park |
| Coverage: Daily radio commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Sport website and app, with selected live text commentaries online; TV highlights from middle Saturday. |
Emma Raducanu’s Australian Open hopes unravelled with a troublesome blister as the British number one was beaten in the second round by Danka Kovinic.
The US Open champion raced into a 3-0 lead before needing treatment on her hand and losing the opening set.
The 19-year-old showed remarkable resilience to fight back and win the second but eventually fell to a 6-4 4-6 6-3 defeat on Margaret Court Arena.
Montenegro’s Kovinic is into the last 32 of a Grand Slam for the first time.
More to follow.
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