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Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk defeated the misfiring 18-year-old 6-2
6-1 in under an hour at the WTA 250 event in Cluj-Napoca, with
the Brit committing 41 unforced errors during the contest.
"I wasn't physically feeling 100%. I was quite tired and
lethargic today. Sometimes you just have those days where you
don't feel your best," Raducanu told reporters. "I knew from the
morning, I knew from practice.
"I wanted to go out there on the court and try my best and see
how it was going to go, maybe it would go better. But I just
couldn't get it going today unfortunately.
"It's just disappointing that you have these days. It's not a
nice feeling to have, but I just need to move on from it and
brush it off. And then I'll be back in another tournament soon."
Raducanu stunningly won the Flushing Meadows title in September
as a qualifier and after the Grand Slam announced that she would
no longer be working with former Davis Cup player Andrew
Richardson.
The Brit said "things are looking up, so it's going in a good
direction" with her search for a new coach.
Raducanu won her first two matches on the WTA tour this week and
is scheduled to play her last tournament of the season at the
Nov. 6-12 Upper Austria Ladies Linz.
"I think it's just the last six months," she said. "It's been a
lot of learnings and I've experienced a lot in the last six
months with not so much gaps.
"I'm just adapting to the fast-paced life of the tour and
obviously still very new to it, so it's still going to take me
some time to adjust.
"After Linz I'll probably have a week off just to reset and (be)
mentally and physically fresh for the tough preseason. It's
going to be my first one and from what I've heard, it's a very
difficult four weeks physically."
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Stephen
Coates)
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