Raducanu had difficulty with the wind at Indian Wells. Between that and Uchijima's refusal to break, she was defeated in straight sets.

Emma Raducanu returns to action with straight set defeat to Moyuka Uchijima - Raducanu lost 6-3 6-2 while fellow Brit Jacob Fearnley was also knocked out in the first round

Emma Raducanu returns to action at Indian Wells and takes on Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima in the first round of the prestigious tournament in California. Raducanu will be playing for the first time since her ordeal in Dubai last month, where the 22-year-old faced an approach from a “fixated man” in the crowd as she took on Karolina Muchova.

The Brazilian teenager Joao rallied from a break down in the third set to beat Britain’s Jacob Fearnley. Read more at straitstimes.com.

It was a disappointing return to competition for Emma Raducanu, who suffered her worst-ever result in Indian Wells as she lost to Moyuka Uchijima in round one. Raducanu was playing her first match under the tutelage of Vlado Platenik, a Slovakian coach she linked up with on a trial basis for this tournament.