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Qualifier Raducanu did not drop a set in 10 matches en route to
the title at Flushing Meadows last month but lost 6-2 6-4 on
Friday to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the second round of the
Indian Wells tournament in California.
"What happened in New York was obviously incredible but in
tennis and sport it doesn't just go in an upwards direction all
the time," former world number one Murray told reporters.
"There's always little bumps and stuff along the way. It's just
a little bump, but I think pretty much everyone was sort of
expecting that as well. I don't think it's anything unexpected,
to be honest."
"She's unbelievably bright, well educated and stuff," Murray
said. "So you would imagine she would certainly be a lot better
equipped to deal with everything that's going on than most and
deal with it in a more mature way than I'd have done when I was
18."
Murray fended off a challenge from 18-year-old U.S. Open
quarter-finalist Carlos Alcaraz of Spain to win 5-7 6-3 6-2 and
reach the third round on Sunday.
His former coach Darren Cahill tweeted that it was the
34-year-old's best performance since having hip surgeries in
2018 and 2019.
"It wasn't easy out there today. Not easy conditions. Very hot.
Court is incredibly slow. Balls after a couple of games are also
extremely slow," said three-times Grand Slam champion Murray,
who faces Alexander Zverev next.
"Not easy to finish points. Not getting many free points on your
serve or anything like that. It was a good win."
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru, Editing by
Timothy Heritage)
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