Overview
- Emma Raducanu lost 6-2, 6-4 to Australia’s Taylah Preston, who is ranked outside the top 200, in the Hobart International quarterfinal.
- Preston finished with 21 winners to Raducanu’s nine, while Raducanu held serve in only three of nine service games and committed four double faults.
- Raducanu’s Hobart week included a rain-delayed first-round win over Camila Osorio and a second-round walkover before the straight-sets defeat.
- She leaves Hobart with 54 WTA ranking points and $7,025, and opens the Australian Open against Mananchaya Sawangkaew as the 28th seed.
- Preston advanced to the semifinals, where she was beaten by Iva Jovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.