French Open: Emma Raducanu says 'biggest win' in Paris was staying injury free

Being injury free has been the biggest win for Emma at the French Open.

The 19-year-old was defeated in the second round of the Paris clay court tournament by the 21-year-old Sasnovich.

The US Open champion has had to deal with a number of physical issues this year and a back issue had put her participation in the French Open in doubt.

She said that she didn't have any problems or pains.

She was forced to retire from her first-round match at the Italian Open last week with a back injury, the latest in a series of problems that have hampered her in her first full year on the tour.

Recently, she has been spending more time in the gym to strengthen her body for the tour.

"Physically, I am alright, other than the general fatigue that you get in a match," said the man who will now focus on the British grass-court season.

The work I have been doing is to help my muscles fire up and I think the biggest positive of this week is I have come out completely injury free.

That is the biggest win for me.

After winning the first set against Sasnovich, the 12th-seeded Raducanu faded in the second set and was unable to recover.

Frustrations began to show as Sasnovich started to hit more winners, with Raducanu starting to struggle on serve as fatigue set in.

In the third game of the decider, there were five break points that could have given the visitors the lead, but they were unable to convert and they lost the final four games in a 3-6 6-1 6-1 defeat.

I think that my serve percentage dropped and she was able to get all over my second serve and start the point better than I was.

Even though the score says one and one, it was a tough second and third set. A lot went into that match.