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“I want to be playing a different way, and I think the misalignment with how I’m playing right now and how I want to be playing is something I want to work on,” Raducanu said.<\/p>\n
“There are definitely pockets of me playing how I want to play and it comes out in flashes, which is a positive. But it’s not how I want to be consistently every day.<\/p>\n
“It’s not going to fall into place straight away, but the more I work on how I want to be playing, it will be more of my identity every time I step onto the court.<\/p>\n
“I need to work at that, but it’s not going to happen overnight.”<\/p>\n
While Raducanu improved to beat 197th-ranked Mananchaya Sawangkaew in the first round, she looked undercooked against Potapova.<\/p>\n
Russian-born Potapova also made a huge amount of errors in a poor-quality first set which started with five breaks of serve before Raducanu pulled away.<\/p>\n
Raducanu served for the first set at 5-4 but was broken back by Potapova, who promptly ran away with things in the tie-break.<\/p>\n
After Potapova took a lengthy break at the end of the set, she made a fast start to the second and broke twice for a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n
The pair exchanged breaks before Potapova asserted her authority and cruised to victory, with a subdued Raducanu making a hasty exit.<\/p>\n
Eyes had inevitably drawn towards the potential meeting with Sabalenka – but this loss was a sharp reminder of where Raducanu’s level remains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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