Emma Raducanu overcame the frustration of lengthy weather-related delays to beat Jaqueline Cristian in the opening round of the Korea Open.

The contest had been scheduled for Tuesday but was postponed because of rain and more wet weather then caused another substantial delay on Wednesday.

But Raducanu and Romanian Cristian were finally able to take to the court and it was the British number one who came out on top 6-3 6-4 after a tussle lasting two hours and two minutes.

Raducanu controversially chose to pull out of Great Britain’s team for this week’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals in favour of taking a wild card in Seoul as she bids to boost her ranking over the final weeks of the season.

Speaking in Shenzhen ahead of Britain’s clash with Japan on Thursday, captain Anne Keothavong descr

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