Emma Raducanu made her first retirement of the season at the Korea Open in Seoul on Saturday. Suffering from pain in her left foot, she pulled out of her quarter-final against top seed Daria Kasatkina while trailing 6-1.

Emma Raducanu’s injury problems struck again as she retired from her Korea Open quarter-final against top seed Daria Kasatkina. The 21-year-old Briton had just lost the first set 6-1 when she withdrew having struggled with a foot issue.

Emma Raducanu retires from Korea Open due to foot injury - 21-year-old had just lost the first set 6-1 but withdrawal

A foot injury forced Emma Raducanu to retire from the Korea Open quarter-finals on Saturday, while third seed Beatriz Haddad Maia beat sisters Polina and Veronika Kudermetova on the same day to set up a Korea Open final clash with top seed Daria Kasatkina.

British number two Emma Raducanu retires from her Korea Open quarter-final against Daria Kasatkina with a foot injury.

Daria Kasatkina (No. 13 ranking) will face Emma Raducanu (No. 70) in the quarterfinals at the Hana Bank Korea Open on Saturday, September 21. Watch Tennis Channel by subscribing to Fubo today. In terms of serve/return winning percentages over her last 10 tournaments,

The top seed Daria Kasatkina has reached the final of the Korea Open tennis tournament. Kasatkina, world No. 13 from Russia, defeated countrywoman Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals of the lone WTA event in South Korea at Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul on Saturday.