Emma Raducanu retires with hip injury in longest match of WTA season

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The reigning US Open champion, Emma Raducanu, retired in the final set of a marathon first competitive outing since bowing out at the Australian Open

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Australia's Daria Sewell leads 5-7, 7-6 (4), 4-3 in longest match

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The 19-year-old British was playing her first match in the second round of the Australian Open after a traumatic last month.

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Serving for the match at 7-5, 5-3, Raducanu failed to finish the game

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Saville returned to force a tiebreak and then equalized

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Saville was struggling with leg pain

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Raducanu went off the court for a medical timeout

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Raducanu received a heavy tap on the upper part of his left leg and came back and, after two more games, decided to retire.

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The world No 12 will stay in Mexico for the Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, which starts on 28 February

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Thanks for Reading

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