Raducanu Loses in French Open First Round to Sierra

Emma Raducanu's French Open campaign ended in the first round with a 6-0 7-6 (7-4) loss to Argentina's Solana Sierra on 24 May 2026. The match lasted one hour and 45 minutes. Raducanu won no games in the opening set and committed 15 unforced errors.

Raducanu trailed 4-1 in the second set before breaking back to level at 5-5. Sierra broke again but could not serve out the match, sending the set into a tie-break. Raducanu recovered from a 5-1 deficit in the tie-break to reach 5-4 before Sierra closed out the victory.

2026 season has been disrupted by a post-viral illness that kept her off the WTA Tour for more than two months after Indian Wells in March. Her only prior clay-court match this year was a first-round defeat at the Strasbourg Open. Her focus will now turn to the British grass-court season.

She continues to work with coach Andrew Richardson, who guided her to the 2021 US Open title and was re-hired earlier this month. Sierra, ranked world number 68, will face Italian 13th seed Jasmine Paolini or Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine in the second round.