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Raducanu made encouraging progress in 2025, climbing back into the world’s top 30 and playing more matches than in any previous season of her career.<\/p>\n
However, the off-season technical work she planned to put in with coach Francisco Roig – who helped Rafael Nadal win 16 of his 22 major titles – was hampered by a foot injury.<\/p>\n
She arrived in Melbourne with just one win under her belt and, in her last game before the first major of the year, she fell to a chastening defeat by world number 204 Taylah Preston in Hobart.<\/p>\n
It briefly looked like another upset could be on the cards for Raducanu as Sawangkaew – making her Grand Slam main draw debut – sparked to life in the opening few games, overwhelming Raducanu with aggressive returns and clever net play.<\/p>\n
She broke the Briton in the third game and had a chance for a 4-1 lead, but Raducanu replied with a handful of brilliant winners to avoid falling further behind.<\/p>\n
Raducanu’s momentum gathered from there and she struck back to level the set at 4-4 before breaking again to take the opener.<\/p>\n
She continued to overpower the Thai player, hitting 17 winners to Sawangkaew’s nine and winning 27 of the 40 points on offer in the second set – and she sealed victory in style with an ace.<\/p>\n
“She’s playing some incredible tennis and way higher than her ranking currently, so I think she’s going to do good things this year,” Raducanu added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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