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US Open Grand slam champs Great Britain’s Raducanu and  Russian Medvedev crash out of Indian Wells  – by Sunil Thenabadu in Brisbane  Emma Raducanu-Danil Medvedev   Photo courtesy Sunday Observer  The most recent Grand Slam tennis champions of the first time in the recently concluded US Open tennis championship British player Emma Raducanu and Russian Daniil Medvedev were knocked out of the ATP and WTA Indian Wells Masters this week.  Medvedev lost to 23rd seed Grigor Dimitrov 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 while Raducanu also lost a three-setter to Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich who is ranked 100th in the women’s category. Both were playing in the tournament in the Indian Wells .  Medvedev, who won his first Grand Slam title last month at Flushing Meadows, hadn’t lost a set heading into the fourth round but dropped eight straight games against Dimitrov for a surprisingly early exit.  Medvedev did not take a break after his emotional US ...