It was hard to know where to look at times on a day four of the Australian Open that seemed to have it all. It ended with both Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray bowing out at the second round stage, with one showing admirable fight and spirit to rage against an early exit and the other questioning whether they still had enough to go on.
While Raducanu’s first grand slam since her remarkable US Open triumph is over earlier than many would have expected, it does not tell the full story of a wild evening in Melbourne in which she not only came up against Danka Kovinic but also a painful patch of blisters on her right hand. It forced Raducanu to change her game plan and took away the explosive weapon of her right-handed forehand but she did not allow the situation to overcome her.
