Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper will seek more clay-court success with the British pair in action on a bumper day at the Italian Open in Rome. Raducanu was granted a reprieve for her second-round match as her scheduled opponent, 21st seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, withdrew, setting up a meeting with lucky loser Jil Teichmann.

Emma Raducanu was able to laugh about her opponent’s lengthy medical time-out after coming back from a set down to overwhelm Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova. “I kind of knew it was to try and throw me off, but I kept my cool,” Raducanu chuckled ...

Emma Raducanu continued her run at the Italian Open with a 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 victory over Veronika Kudermetova on Sunday.