Emma Raducanu was aiming to reach the Australian Open third round for the second successive year
Emma Raducanu looked below-par in an Australian Open second-round defeat by Austria's Anastasia Potapova that denied the Briton a meeting with world number one Aryna Sabalenka.
Raducanu, seeded 28th, lost 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 against 55th-ranked Potapova.
The British number one looked flat in her mood and movement, with mistakes coming from all parts of her game.
The 23-year-old lacked certainty in the forehand she has recently tweaked, while a wild drive volley at an important stage in the first set and a double fault to hand over a break for 4-1 in the second further added to her discomfort.
