Raducanu decided to play only twenty minutes before superb win in Indian Wells and fell asleep in treatment room

Emma Raducanu won her 1st round matchup at the Indian Wells Masters with a brilliant performance but she elected to play only 20 minutes before the match.

Earlier in the day, news broke about Raducanu being unsure of whether to play the match or not. No new information came out during the day with the Brit ultimately taking to the court and beating Kovinic in straight sets. It looked really good and there wasn't much that suggest that she had any problems.

After the match, Raducanu revealed to BBC what happened leading up to the match:

“I’m just so happy with the way I fought and dealt with the circumstances. I just woke up feeling not great to be honest. I felt quite ill so I’m just happy to have played the match and then to win it despite how I felt today. Today before the match, I did not warm up. Two minutes before I was called I was sleeping in the treatment room so I’m just proud to have got out there and then won.”