Emma Raducanu’s run at the US Open came to an end as she fell to Elena Rybakina in the third round. It concludes another Grand Slam tournament in which the British star showed signs of promise, having impressed on the court, but couldn’t progress beyond World No.10 at the Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Raducanu had not dropped a set ahead of her clash against Rybakina in the third round. In the build-up to the match , there were talks about how Raducanu would handle the Kazakhstan star’s serve. And as expected, when the tie started, the British star had no response to Rybakina’s dominant serve from the baseline of the court.

What was expected as a grueling battle between the two became an easy walk for Rybakina, who won 82 percent of her first serve while hitting 11 winners on her way to

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