Camila Giorgi smashes Emma Raducanu in Toronto

Camila Giorgi began her title defence at the National Bank Open with a smacking of Emma Raducanu who had squandered plenty of chances in this one.

Emma Raducanu arrived in Toronto with hopes of building upon a solid outing in Washington however things did not go so well. She faced a tricky opponent in Emma Raducanu and it was a very exciting match early on. Raducanu broke Giorgi in the first game of the match but lost her serve immediately. Raducanu broke her once more but lost her serve once more.

Both won their service games after that but Raducanu took a 4-3 lead once more but dropped her serve again for the 4-4 lead. The Brit saved a set point at 5-6 to force a tiebreak but in the tiebreak, Giorgi proved too difficult to handle.

The Italian attacked relentlessly having five times more winners than Raducanu but plenty of errors as well. It worked despite the hiccups. Raducanu was the player that broke first in the 2nd set as well but she once again dropped her serve in the very next game. She simply did not serve well enough to keep Giorgi away from chances and the Italian took it.

Giorgi turned a 1-2 deficit into a 6-2 2nd set win to move on to the next round. Raducanu's struggles continue with only weeks to go until the US Open.