Raducanu, at present ranked world No.296 after a protracted spell away from the WTA Tour with harm issues and subsequent surgical procedure, misplaced 6-4 4-6 6-4.
It was simply the second event again for Raducanu, who gained the US Open as a qualifier in 2021 and was ranked as excessive as world No.10 two years in the past.
Raducanu, who beat American world No.161 Shelby Rogers in her opening match, was bidding to succeed in the third spherical at Melbourne Park for the primary time ever however her loss means it’s Wang who will subsequent face Twelfth-seed Zheng Qinwen.
The 21-year-old put up a superb battle towards Wang, successful the second set to power a decider – however regarded fatigued and drained within the third set – and obtained a medical time-out earlier than her exit was confirmed on Present Courtroom 2.
Raducanu raised considerations over her health forward of the event, pulling out of two warm-up matches towards Mirra Andreeva and Donna Vekic.
That got here after a powerful displaying in Auckland, her first WTA Tour occasion in 9 months, beating Elena-Gabriela Ruse and looking out robust in defeat to second-seed Elena Svitolina, who in contrast the Briton to world No.1 Iga Swiatek.
Raducanu narrowly prevented qualifying for the Australian Open because of her protected rating after quite a few her fellow stars withdrew from the opening Grand Slam of the yr.
In the meantime, British No.1 Katie Boulter additionally misplaced within the second spherical on Thursday, struggling a 6-3 6-3 defeat to Chinese language star Zheng.
Within the males’s singles, British No.1 Cameron Norrie reached the third spherical with a five-set win over Giulio Zeppieri however Jack Draper misplaced to 14th-seed Tommy Paul.
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