{"id":408452,"date":"2026-01-14T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408452\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:38:08","slug":"raducanu-earns-first-win-of-season-after-rain-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408452\/","title":{"rendered":"Raducanu earns first win of season after rain delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Raducanu claimed her first victory of the season as she completed a straight-set win over Camila Osorio after their match at the Hobart International was suspended because of rain.<\/p>\n<p>The British 23-year-old had won the first set but trailed the Colombian 4-2 in the second when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/articles\/c5ydl522j72o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:play ended early;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">play ended early<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, she overturned that break deficit on her return on Wednesday and let out a roar of delight after securing a 6-3 7-6 (7-2) win.<\/p>\n<p>Top seed Raducanu avoided having to play two matches on the same day after second-round opponent Magdalena Frech withdrew with injury.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the former US Open champion moves on to a quarter-final against Australian wildcard Taylah Preston on Thursday as she ramps up her Australian Open preparations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Very, very difficult match. We played under all conditions and coming on and off a few times was really difficult,&#8221; Raducanu said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve slept over many matches in between so that was a new one for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought Camila played an incredible match. I&#8217;m just really pleased with how I came out today and turned it around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Victory over 82nd-ranked Osorio was world number 29 Raducanu&#8217;s first win since September after she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/articles\/cjek3pp34ljo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ended her 2025 season early;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ended her 2025 season early<\/a> with injury.<\/p>\n<p>Her off-season was also disrupted by what she described as &#8220;light bone bruising&#8221; on her right foot.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This was Raducanu&#8217;s second match of the year after her loss to Maria Sakkari at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/articles\/cwy8pexd5xko?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the United Cup;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the United Cup<\/a> &#8211; a meeting which came just two weeks after she was able to return to hitting in practice.<\/p>\n<p>But she demonstrated her resilience by overcoming difficult conditions and a 4-1 second-set deficit against Osorio to ensure a positive start in Hobart.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Open &#8211; the first Grand Slam of the year &#8211; begins in Melbourne on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768387088_981_.gif\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu claimed her first victory of the season as she completed a straight-set win over Camila Osorio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[7641,49,74098,48,3270,4552,82,593],"class_list":["post-408452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-australian-open","tag-ca","tag-camila-osorio","tag-canada","tag-emma-raducanu","tag-match","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}