<p>New York: American Sofia Kenin sent former champion Emma Raducanu packing in the first round of the US Open on Tuesday with a 6-1 3-6 6-4 victory at the Grandstand.</p><p>Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open winner, put on an aggressive display with six aces and 45 winners to set up a meeting with either Jessica Pegula or Shelby Rogers.</p>.Archana Kamath quits table tennis to pursue academics.<p>Britain's Raducanu has struggled to recapture the magic of her fairytale run through New York three years ago when she became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam and she was no match for Kenin's firepower.</p><p>Kenin ripped through the opening set by winning six straight games after Raducanu's routine hold, as she fended off all three break points she face with a rowdy crowd cheering her name repeatedly throughout the match.</p><p>Raducanu, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon this year, upped her level in the second set and got the critical break in the fifth game.</p><p>She broke the American again with a forehand winner to close out the set but then ran out of steam, dropping serve with a double fault in the fifth game of the decider before Kenin went on to seal victory with a hold to love in the final game. </p>
<p>New York: American Sofia Kenin sent former champion Emma Raducanu packing in the first round of the US Open on Tuesday with a 6-1 3-6 6-4 victory at the Grandstand.</p><p>Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open winner, put on an aggressive display with six aces and 45 winners to set up a meeting with either Jessica Pegula or Shelby Rogers.</p>.Archana Kamath quits table tennis to pursue academics.<p>Britain's Raducanu has struggled to recapture the magic of her fairytale run through New York three years ago when she became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam and she was no match for Kenin's firepower.</p><p>Kenin ripped through the opening set by winning six straight games after Raducanu's routine hold, as she fended off all three break points she face with a rowdy crowd cheering her name repeatedly throughout the match.</p><p>Raducanu, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon this year, upped her level in the second set and got the critical break in the fifth game.</p><p>She broke the American again with a forehand winner to close out the set but then ran out of steam, dropping serve with a double fault in the fifth game of the decider before Kenin went on to seal victory with a hold to love in the final game. </p>