Emma Raducanu vs Maria Lourdes Carle LIVE: Madrid Open result and reaction as Brit suffers surprise defeat

Plenty of fight shown in that last game, but Emma Raducanu is struggling on serve early on. Maria Lourdes Carle is using her powerful forehand effectively to dominate the flow, securing a second break of the match.

Eventually, Carle seals it out for a 2-0 lead.

Two more deuces quickly arrive. This is a real battle.

Maria Lourdes Carle takes the first seven points of the match before pushing a slice backhand long. Emma Raducanu forces another error with a deep backhand, and then produces a delicious crosscourt passing shot after a drop shot draws Carle forward.

And a break point! Top work from Raducanu after a shaky start. Can she take it? Nope, Carle gets ahead in the rally and finishes it off with a driving winner from the baseline. Back to deuce.

Smooth moving from Carle and a fourth chance at securing the game is hers. A backhand into the net - on we go.

A rough start for Emma Raducanu -a handful of errors and the first game is ceded rather too easily.

Emma Raducanu will serve first - we’re up and running in Madrid.

A decent-length rally to start, Raducanu coming forward into a big forehand but then dragging a loopier effort wide. First point the way of the Argentine.

The two players are out on court, Raducanu again with that strapping around her left knee but seemingly moving freely.

So with Naomi Osaka safely through, Emma Raducanu will be next up on court at the Arantxa Sanchez Stadium. Can the Brit build on the form she showed in Germany last week?

And that’s that for Greet Minnen - Naomi Osaka warpas up a 6-4, 6-1 victory to progress in Madrid. She took a bit of time to settle in but that was mightily impressive stuff from Osaka to dominate the second set.

It’ll be Liudmila Samsonova, the 15th seed, next up in the second round for Osaka. That’s her first victory on clay of the year.

Former Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza has announced her retirement from tennis.

The 30-year-old Spaniard won the French Open in 2016 before lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish on Centre Court the following summer but she had not played a competitive match since January 2023.

At a press conference last week where she was announced as a Laureus Ambassador, Muguruza said: “If 25 years ago, when I started hitting my first tennis balls, someone had told me that I would become a professional tennis player, that I would fulfil my dream of winning Roland Garros and Wimbledon, that I would become number one in the world and win the WTA Finals, I would have thought this person was crazy.

“Tennis has given me a lot in this first part of my life. It has been a fantastic journey in which I have experienced unique situations. I have travelled all over the world and experienced many different cultures.

“I am tremendously grateful to all the people who have helped and accompanied me throughout this chapter, because without them I would not have been able to get here.”