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.