Emma Raducanu retired from her first-round match against Camila Osorio at the Qatar Open, two days after losing the Transylvania Open final.<\/p>\n
The British number one called the trainer out to have her blood pressure taken after being broken at the start of the third set, and after going 2-0 down in the decider to Colombia’s Osorio, she forfeited the match.<\/p>\n
Raducanu had won the first set 6-2 before conceding the second 6-4.<\/p>\n
On Saturday the 23-year-old featured in her first final since her 2021 US Open triumph, but was beaten in little more than an hour by Sorana Cirstea<\/a> at the Transylvania Open.<\/p>\n Raducanu also had her blood pressure taken in that match, and afterwards revealed her fitness had been affected because she was “battling a bit of a chest infection”.<\/p>\n Raducanu started strongly against Osario, opening up a 3-0 lead before going on to secure the first set 6-2.<\/p>\n Osario showed signs of mounting a comeback late in the first set and her revival continued in the second as she secured her first break of the match to take a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n Osario was forcing Raducanu into mistakes and she wrapped up the second set 6-4 when the Briton put a forehand long.<\/p>\n After saving two break points at the start of the deciding set, Raducanu was broken again as she gingerly failed to chase down a drop shot, before calling out the trainer.<\/p>\n Raducanu returned to action briefly, but after Osario consolidated her break, the Briton made her way to the net to inform the umpire she was retiring from the match.<\/p>\n Raducanu has been plagued with injuries and has struggled to find consistency on the WTA Tour since her historic victory<\/a> at the US Open.<\/p>\n In October, Raducanu retired in the first round of the Wuhan Open after having her blood pressure and temperature taken by the doctor.<\/p>\n