Emma Raducanu went down to a chastening defeat at the hands of world No2 Iga Swiatek, the near contemporary who shows what it means to be a model tennis professional.

Emma Raducanu suffered the joint-heaviest defeat of her career as she was knocked out of the Australian Open in the third round by Iga Swiatek. Coming into the tournament with a niggling back issue, Raducanu progressed to the third round for the first time in her career after wins against Ekaterina Alexandrova and Amanda Anisimova.

Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu on Saturday in the only Australian Open women's third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions that this was how she described it: "I felt like the ball is listening to me,