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After dropping the first set, the 18-year-old squandered a 4-2
lead against Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the second before
eventually falling 6-2 6-4.
The British sensation said the difference in experience between
the players was the deciding factor in her inability to force a
deciding set.
"She's been on Tour, probably been 4-2 down like hundreds of
times," she said. "It's my third WTA tournament this year. It
will come in time. I've just got to not rush it, keep going and
get my head back to the drawing board."
Raducanu, who parted ways with coach and former Davis Cup player
Andrew Richardson after her triumph in New York, said she would
review the match on Saturday.
"From there, I'll be able to plan," she said. Despite the loss,
she said she will hold her head high and try to learn as much as
she can from it. "There's going to be disappointment after any
loss," she said.
"I didn't go in there putting any pressure on myself because in
my mind, I'm so inexperienced that I'm just taking it all in.
"You're going to have highs and you're always going to have lows
where you're disappointed with how you performed.
"Aliaksandra played a great match. You could tell she's more
experienced than me. She went out there and executed her game
plan better than I did. She, of course, deserved to win."
Prior to the tournament, Raducanu had said she planned on
competing at a number of tournaments this year including the WTA
250 event in Linz, Austria next month, with hopes of making the
WTA Finals in Guadalajara, Mexico.
For now, she said she is content to return home to England and
re-group. "We'll see what happens when I get back," she said.
"I'll probably discuss with a few people on my team and see
what's right for me, what the next decision is going to be.
"We'll see what happens."
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Lincoln
Feast)
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