Top seed was leading Osorio 6-3, 2-4 when play called off
Venus Williams lost 6-4, 6-3 to Tatjana Maria in Tasmania
Emma Raducanu cut a frustrated figure on Tuesday at the Hobart International as her first round match was suspended for the night due to rain with the Briton struggling to hold on to her precarious 6-3, 2-4 lead.
Raducanu, the top seed in Hobart, will return to the court on Wednesday afternoon hoping to close out her first win of the season. She lost her only match of 2026 to Maria Sakkari at the United Cup mixed-team competition last week. Afterwards, Raducanu explained how her pre-season had been badly disrupted by the foot injury she had been struggling with since she prematurely ended her 2025 season in October. The 22-year-old only began to play points and move properly in her training sessions once she arrived in Australia at the end of December.
With a week of training behind her, Raducanu had hoped to improve Hobart but the 23-year-old was still too tentative at times to swiftly close out an opponent ranked 60 places beneath her at No 89. Raducanu had started the match quite positively. Although the first set was tight, she played with greater freedom in the decisive moments, confidently dictating with her forehand and overpowering the diminutive Osorio.
