News about Wang Yafan

Coco Gauff rolled past Slovenian Tamara Zidansek 6-3 6-4 in the second round of Roland Garros on Wednesday, harnessing her mighty forehand in front of a crowd squarely on her side. The U.S. Open winner sent over nearly two dozen winners and overcame issues with her serve, including six double faults, to set up a meeting with the winner of a match between China's Wang Yafan and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska. 'I'm very happy with how I played. Conditions (were) very slow and muggy but I got through it,' said Gauff.

KIERAN GILL: Emma Raducanu quit the Australian Open on Thursday, despite being robbed by her body in the deciding set of an exhausting match in Melbourne, zapped of her energy by a sudden bout of sickness. Raducanu's gave her all as she attempted to continue in her first Grand Slam appearance since last year, but even Achilles was only as good as his heel. The stomach bug delayed the 21-year-old's victory over China's Yafan Wang, who dominated 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 after two hours and 55 minutes of ferocious tennis. Raducanu, no stranger to injuries or illness in her career, reacted with adversity, and many people will view this as a missed opportunity to advance to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time since winning the 2021 US Open.

Emma Raducanu, a British tennis player, has denied that nerves were behind her loss of the Australian Open after she was seen retching, struggling to breathe, and clutching her chest during her second round defeat to Wang Yafan. The 21-year-old former US Open champion, who was playing only her fourth match since returning from eight months out and three surgeries, said a stomach bug plagued her at Melbourne Park. Raducanu had to recover from a set and a break down to force a deciding set. However, she was then overcome with respiratory difficulties, clutching at her chest, and abdomen until calling the trainer after two games.

Emma Raducanu paid tribute to Mail Sport's legendary tennis reporter Mike Dickson who died at the age of 59. On Thursday, the British tennis star, 21, quit the Australian Open after losing in three sets to Wang Yafan of China. However, former US Open champion Raducanu took time to talk warmly about Dickson, who wrote a book about his ascension to fame, and convey condolences to his family.

Emma Raducanu has revealed she threw up following her second round loss at the Australian Open after suddenly becoming ill in the deciding set of her match with China's Wang Yafan. Raducanu was able to finish second by the same scoreline after dropping the first set 6-4, but she needed her blood pressure checked in the final stages of the game after retching on several occasions and complaining of breathing difficulties. The 21-year-old grandmother compelled her opponent to leave the match but was unable to enforce a late break after losing the final set 6-4. Raducanu told reporters that she did everything possible to prevent herself from being sick on court, but that she was eventually forced to leave it all out after the match.

In a second-round Australian Open debut to China's Wang Yafan, Emma Raducanu had more physical problems. The former US Open champion, who was playing just her fourth match since returning from eight months out and three surgeries, had fought back a lot from a set and a break down to bring a deciding set. Raducanu's first game, however, she began to have breathing difficulties, clutching at her chest and abdomen, and calling the trainer after two games.

With the former US Open champion struggling to stay alive in a difficult first set at Melbourne Park, the British star, 21, was caught in a difficult second round contest against China's Wang Yafan. And she was the beneficiary of a strange stroke of good fortune as she attempted to keep service, with her opponent left stunned by a bizarre sequence of events.

Emma Raducanu of the United Kingdom looked strong in her first round match against American Shelby Rogers at the Australian Open, despite her regular injury problems. The 2021 US Open champion cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 straight sets victory, bringing up a second round match with Wang Yafan (UK time). According to Sky Bet, Raducanu is the overwhelming favorite to win and advance to the third round.

Emma Raducanu has described herself as 'pain-free' in her wrists after winning her first grand slam victory since three surgeries in 2023, and has said that time away from playing during recovery has only made her'more hungry' for on-court action. On Tuesday, the former US Open champion cruised past Shelby Rogers in her first match at the Australian Open this year, a solid effort that saw her defeat the Americans 6-3, 6-2.

MIKE DICKSON: Katie Boulter comes from a village in Leicestershire but has never felt more at home in New York's teeming metropolis. The British contingent at Flushing Meadows says, 'I'm absolutely loving it here.' After making it to the third round of the US Open by giving the British contingent a early victory on a packed day.' Wang Yafan, a Chinese qualifier, was edgy early on before winning 6-4 6-4 in two hours and 21 minutes, in the midst of a rushing hour outside the courthouse.