MELBOURNE, Australia — For Emma Raducanu, winning in the first round at the the Australian Open was always going to be more important than how she achieved the result.
That was clear Tuesday when the 2021 US Open champion celebrated her 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) win over No. 26-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova out on Court 3, where a scattering of British flags fluttered in a light breeze on Day 3 at Melbourne Park.
