“Because before Billie Jean King Cup I had two weeks of really intense training and then went straight there, straight to Stuttgart, straight here. So I think I’m going to just recharge a little bit. I think from the performance today it was very clear that mentally and emotionally I was exhausted and yeah, that’s just all.”
While Raducanu managed to keep going in Stuttgart, she ran out of gas in Madrid. She added: “I was trying to push through. I was pushing through Stuttgart and was just unable to push through today. So it’s a shame that I was feeling so good on the court and today happened but I guess this sport is just pretty brutal.”
Her Argentinian opponent also benefitted from having more experience on the clay and came in off the back of winning a WTA 125 event last week. “She’s a very experienced clay-courter and I think just has a lot more knowledge and experience on this surface. So I mean credit to her, she played a great match and I definitely didn’t so that’s how it is,” Raducanu said.
