The previous US Open champion is within the early levels of her comeback after lacking most of 2023 following surgical procedure on each of her fingers and left ankle.
She gained one match in Auckland in her first match again, reached the second spherical of the Australian Open and beat world quantity 36 Marie Bouzkova in Abu Dhabi final week.
However that win was adopted by a complete defeat by second seed Ons Jabeur and, having been given one other wildcard this week in Qatar, she suffered one other early exit.
Raducanu had a set level at 6-5 on her serve within the second-set breaker however Kalinina saved it and took the subsequent two factors to seal victory.
The Briton hit 48 unforced errors in comparison with 22 by Kalinina, who will play eighth seed Jelena Ostapenko subsequent.
“It was mixture of issues,” Raducanu mentioned.
“It was my first day-match I’ve performed in a 12 months. That’s totally different.
“I have to practise coaching outdoors a bit extra. The lights, situations, shadows… it’s actually exhausting to see the ball, I discovered in direction of the tip.
“When my tennis is not there I’ve to attempt to at the least battle and I did that within the second set.”
Raducanu mentioned she is going to now return dwelling after consecutive weeks on tour however mentioned she must “schedule my tournaments a bit higher”.
“I simply struggled with the timing of the ball,” she mentioned. “It’ll include extra time practising in addition to matches.
“It’s exhausting for me to get used to the tour schedule. It’s one match then one other immediately.
“I have to schedule my tournaments a bit higher and attempt to get extra matches beneath my belt.”
Additionally on Monday, four-time main champion Naomi Osaka gained her first-round tie 7-5 6-4 in opposition to Caroline Garcia of France.
Osaka, 26, made her Grand Slam return on the Australian Open in January after giving delivery final 12 months, however was knocked out within the first spherical by 30-year-old Garcia.
In Doha, the Japanese participant was 5-3 down within the first set earlier than fifteenth seed Garcia faltered, permitting Osaka an opportunity to get well and seal the set by profitable 4 video games in a row.
In the meantime, Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, a two-time winner of the match, beat Poland’s Magdalena Frech 6-3 3-6 6-3 within the opening spherical.
Osaka, who’s unseeded, will face Croatia’s Petra Martic within the subsequent spherical, whereas Azarenka will tackle China’s Xinyu Wang.
Within the second spherical, Polish world primary and high seed Iga Swiatek swept apart Romania’s Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-1 in simply over an hour.
