Emma Raducanu’s defeat in her first match since winning the US Open was a “little bump”, fellow-Briton Andy Murray said, backing the 18-year-old to deal with expectations and disappointment in a mature way.

Raducanu lost 6-2, 6-4 on Friday to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the second round of the Indian Wells tournament.

“What happened in New York was obviously incredible but in tennis and sport it doesn’t just go in an upwards direction all the time,” former world No. 1 Murray said.

“There’s always little bumps and stuff along the way.

“It’s just a little bump, but I think pretty much everyone was sort of expecting that as well. I don’t think it’s anything unexpected, to be honest.”