- Emma Raducanu was crushed 6-1, 6-0 by second seed Iga Swiatek in Melbourne
- Despite the defeat, the 23-year-old will take home a considerable sum for reaching the third round
Emma Raducanu's Australian Open earnings have been revealed after she suffered a loss to Iga Swiatek.
The 22-year-old, after being hampered by several injuries, was hoping to return to the form that saw her sensationally win the US Open in 2021.
She came into the third round matchup having defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova and Amanda Anisimova in rounds one and two respectively.
However, Raducanu played 11 games in a row to lose 6-1, 6-0 in just over an hour against second seed Swiatek.
Despite the brutal defeat, Raducanu will take solace in the fact that he has pocketed £145,236 for reaching the third round in Australia, according to GBN.
Meanwhile, Swiatek will leave the tournament with at least £210,342 after advancing to the fourth round.
Emma Raducanu is out of the Australian Open after being beaten by the Polish Iga Swiatek
Despite the defeat, the 23-year-old will take home £145,236 for reaching the third round.
Meanwhile, Swiatek (left) will leave the tournament with at least £210,342.
The 23-year-old will face Eva Lys next, after the German beat Jaqueline Cristian 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
“She played very well and I didn't play very well, so… it's just not a great combination,” Raducanu said after her latest loss.
'I'm very clear about what happened out there: if I'm not able to maintain my service games or dictate, I feel like that filters into the rest of my game.
“On my second serve, how the point is structured from then on, you feel a lot more pressure.”
He added: 'Three weeks ago, when I was in Auck. and I was doing rehab in the pool
“Being on a tennis court playing matches and competing is something I have to be grateful for. I started hitting when I got here 18 days ago, I have to take it as a positive because I was able to beat the best opponents in the first two rounds.
“Today there are no excuses, neither behind nor physically.”
When asked what comes next, Raducanu said: “I don't know, my team will probably tell me to take it easy.” But I feel like I have things to work on, I just want to do it as soon as possible.
'I feel like I'm speaking from a pretty rational place. I'm not necessarily overly emotional by any means. I think I'll get back to it pretty quickly.'