Emma Raducanu is on to the third round of the Cincinnati Open after a starting victory over Olga Danilovic.
The British number one marked her first game since the former coach Francis Roig van Rafael Nadal joined her team with a confident 6-3, 6-2 victory.
Roig was perhaps not overly impressed when Raducanu was broken to love in the first game, but the US Open Champion 2021 responded well.
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After four breaks of serving between the couple in the first six games, Raducanu came down from 30-0 to grab another for 5-3.
She had won seven points in a row to bring three set points and took the first with an ace.
In the second place, Raducanu gave her Serbian opponent nothing for free, drew mistakes and eventually earned a break for 3-2.
She did not drop another game and finished a nice victory in an hour and 20 minutes.
The 22-year-old could be confronted with world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the third round in a repeat of her narrow Wimbledon defeat last month.
Earlier, Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek took place with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Anastasia Potapova.
Australian Open Champion Madison Keys saved two match points before he defeated Eva Lys 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1).
In the ATP equal game Jannik Sinner, he played his first game since he claimed a Maiden Wimbledon title, Doniel Elahi Galan 6-1, 6-1 dismantled.
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