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Britain’s Emma Raducanu was overpowered by sixth seed Amanda Anisimova at Indian Wells, losing 6-1 6-1 in a third-round encounter lasting only 52 minutes.<\/b><\/p>\n
In an ominous sign of the struggle to come, Raducanu was broken in the opening game.<\/p>\n
It quickly became apparent the 25th seed had no answer to the American’s determined approach, and the first set ran away from her with just 11 points won.<\/p>\n
The second immediately took on a similar pattern with Raducanu finding herself three games behind before managing to hold her serve.<\/p>\n
Having enlisted Mark Petchey as a temporary coach after parting with Francisco Roig in January, Raducanu last week said she had been hoping to rediscover her “natural way of playing”<\/a> in an attempt to build towards the form that saw her claim the 2021 US Open.<\/p>\n But there was to be no reprieve, as Anisimova impressively took a further three games to progress.<\/p>\n