Emma Raducanu exited the Italian Open on Monday afternoon after she was convincingly beaten and outclassed by Coco Gauff, winning three games in a match which lasted just 79 minutes.

Coco Gauff ended Emma Raducanu’s run at the Italian Open as the World No 3 reached the quarter-finals with a commanding 6-1 6-2 victory in Rome. Raducanu and Gauff were meeting for just the second time and although the British player is a year older at 22,

Emma Raducanu exited the Italian Open at the last-16 stage after being outclassed in a straight-sets defeat by Coco Gauff. Raducanu was bidding to reach a second WTA 1000 quarter-final of 2025, having reached the last eight in Miami in March, but fourth seed Gauff won 6-1 6-2 in the battle of the former US Open champions.