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Emma Raducanu v Mananchaya Sawangkaew live: Australian Open latest score and update
Emma Raducanu 5-4 Mananchaya Sawangkaew*
Raducanu now has her foot down. She rolls through the next service game to love, as Sawangkaew floats the forehand long.
Jamie Braidwood18 January 2026 11:15
BREAK! *Emma Raducanu 4-4 Mananchaya Sawangkaew
A roar from Raducanu as she bounces back to break! Raducanu pumped up the pressure with a blistering forehand return winner and then Sawangkaew offered a crack with a double-fault on 15-30.
Sawangkaew pulls her forehand wide and Raducanu breaks back.
Jamie Braidwood18 January 2026 11:14
Cameron Norrie comes through in five sets
You just knew he would. Cameron Norrie takes the long route but his excellent fitness prevails to take down Benjamin Bonzi.
From 6-0, to two sets to one down, Norrie comes through in five.
6-0, 6-7 (2), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Jamie Braidwood18 January 2026 11:11
Emma Raducanu 3-4 Mananchaya Sawangkaew*
Sawangkaew is treating the Raducanu second serve with disdain and moves forward into the net to put away an overhead and get to deuce.
She is proving to be a very awkward opponent. Raducanu, though, holds on to finally put Sawangkaew’s determined defence away and hold from deuce.
Jamie Braidwood18 January 2026 11:09
*Emma Raducanu 2-4 Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Sawangkaew has won 11/11 points when making the first serve, holding to love with an ace out wide. The World 195 is red-hot right now.
She also came into the tournament having won five matches in a row to win a title on the World Tennis Tour.
Jamie Braidwood18 January 2026 11:04
HOLD! Emma Raducanu 2-3 Mananchaya Sawangkaew*
Raducanu saves both break points! She finds the first serves and is clinical with the second strike.
Raducanu stretches Sawangkaew from side to side and finds the way through. She remains a break down, but that’s a big hold.

Jamie Braidwood18 January 2026 11:01
*Emma Raducanu 1- 3 Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Barely 15 minutes in, the warning signs are flashing for Raducanu.
Sawangkaew takes over the rally on 15-30 and moves into the net to put Raducanu on the back foot. She steers a volley into open court and will look at two more break points.
Jamie Braidwood18 January 2026 10:59
*Emma Raducanu 1- 3 Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Sawangkaew backs up the break. The Thai is taking an all-or-nothing approach on the serve and form the baseline, and is winning the duels. Raducanu puts her return into the net.
Jamie Braidwood18 January 2026 10:55
BREAK! Emma Raducanu 1- 2Mananchaya Sawangkaew*
Sawangkaew is looking handy at the net too and springs into a volley to move to 15-30. She launches into a forehand winner cross-court, setting up two break points early in the first set.
And she takes them! Sawangkaew jumps on the return and Raducanu nets on the forehand.
Jamie Braidwood18 January 2026 10:52
