“It could be coaching suicide” is how Vlado Platenik described the Raducanu job, a comment injudiciously made just days into his trial period and which got him the sack after just two weeks of training with her. “Maybe I was too honest,” he said afterwards. Well, quite.

Emma Raducanu has been given a stark reality check about her game ahead of the first tennis grand slam of the year in Melbourne

Emma Raducanu's Australian Open preparations were cut short after a straights sets defeat to Taylah Preston in Hobart.

Emma Raducanu has been told what she needs to do before she can think about being a major threat at grand slams.

British number one Emma Raducanu has been a brutal draw as she prepares to begin her Australian Open campaign this weekend. The 23-year-old enters the first Grand Slam of the year as the 28th seed, but hasn't helped her much as her projected path to the final at Melbourne Park has been revealed.

Cameron Norrie shrugged off an ill-timed rain delay to keep British singles hopes alive at the Australian Open.

Emma Raducanu was beaten in straight sets by Australias Taylah Preston, who is ranked 204th in the world, in a surprise defeat in the quarter-finals of the Hobart International; Raducanu will next tra