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. In her first match since November, the 22-year-old British player served 15 double-faults, made 30 unforced errors and won just 30% of points on her second serve. Alexandrova served for the first set, which contained eight service breaks, but Raducanu broke back immediately.