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Raducanu beaten in French Open first round

BBC News · May 24, 2026, 5:40 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Raducanu had played just one match on clay this season before the French Open
  • Emma Raducanu's French Open campaign came to an early end as she suffered a frustrating first-round defeat by Argentina's Solana Sierra.
  • After failing to win a single game in a dismal first set that only lasted 25 minutes, the British number one fought back from a double-break down in the second to force a tie-break.

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Raducanu had played just one match on clay this season before the French Open

Emma Raducanu's French Open campaign came to an early end as she suffered a frustrating first-round defeat by Argentina's Solana Sierra.

After failing to win a single game in a dismal first set that only lasted 25 minutes, the British number one fought back from a double-break down in the second to force a tie-break.

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