AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu pulled out of the Auckland Classic on Tuesday with a "back niggle" in a blow to her Australian Open preparations.

Britain's Raducanu will now fly to Melbourne to begin rehabilitation ahead of the year's first major starting on January 12.

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