Emma Raducanu battles through pain to reach third round of Australian Open for first time

Emma Raducanu battles through pain to reach third round of Australian Open for first timeAustralian Open TV

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00:00Well you had that injury going into Auckland the back that you had to pull

00:03out of the Auckland Classic and then you've come here that first round spoke

00:08about your serve then with that injury had the injury timeout how is the body

00:12holding up do you think going further into the competition you'll start to get

00:15a bit more confidence? Yeah I mean it's it's difficult you know I haven't played

00:20a match in a very long time so then to play my first rounding it's such as a

00:24top opponent and yeah I think I the way I play is pretty athletic so I use my

00:28body a lot and same again today so yeah I mean I was feeling feeling it a little

00:33bit but yeah I mean I'm I'm glad I have a little bit of time to recover before

00:37my next round. Well you have taken on some top-ranked players so far in these

00:41first two rounds you have a pretty good player up against next you've got

00:45Egas Vyontek talk to us about that matchup. I think the crowd likes it

00:53yeah of course it'll be it'll be a very you know it's good match for me every

00:58match I can play against these top opponents I'm loving it it's another

01:02opportunity to test my game see where I'm at and yeah I mean we've played

01:05twice before on clay so let's see on hardcore but yeah I think obviously she

01:11she's achieved so much already and I think going into it I have nothing to

01:15lose I'm just gonna swing I'm gonna give it my best and I can't wait to play in

01:18front of you guys.

01:24Well congratulations Emma you are through to that third round for the first time

01:27good luck in that matchup. Thank you very much.