"Not enough fire" says former British number one Anne Keothavong on Raducanu loss

Emma Raducanu lost her first match since the US Open in convincing fashion and former British number one Keothavong observed a lack of fire.

It was a very flat evening for Emma Raducanu who lost her first match since the US Open in straight sets. Raducanu played a match full of errors never quite finding anything remotely close to the level she displayed at the US Open. She had a 4-2 lead in the 2nd set but even then she failed to close it out losing 4 games in a row to lose the match.

Former British number one Anne Keothavong watched the match and after it said:

"She got into a good position, she led 4-2 in the second set but played a terrible service game to allow Sasnovich back into it and never quite got a foothold. It was just error after error after error, the body language and the shoulders were slumped, not enough fire in Emma."

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The former pro was also asked about what Raducanu needs to do next and her response was:

“She needs to go off and chill and calm down. It is going to be a tough one to take for her, she would have had high expectations herself, the confidence, wanting to show everyone what she was capable of, but it is back to the drawing board."

Keothavong finished up her thoughts with:

“She is still new to all of this, she still has a number of tournaments left before the end of the season so there is time to pick things up again, work on her game. She knows inside she could have done better, she could have had better presence, but maybe one not to overthink.”