Emma Raducanu accidentally swore at a reporter when asked if she'd learned any Italian, then suffered yet another setback on court

• Emma Raducanu accidentally swore at a reporter ahead of the Italian Open.
• Raducanu, who speaks several languages, was asked if she'd learned any Italian while in Rome.

Emma Raducanu accidentally swore at a reporter when asked if she'd learned any Italian before being forced to withdraw from her debut at the Italian Open.

Speaking in a television interview before the tournament in Rome, the teenage tennis sensation, who is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Romanian, was asked: "Did you learn some words in these few days?"

"I did, Che cazzo," Raducanu replied, prompting a gasp from the interview.

"Che cazzo" is the Italian equivalent of "What the fuck?"

Upon being told about her error, the British star burst into a fit of laughter, saying: "I fully just swore on camera!"

Watch the moment here:

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While she was all smiles ahead of the Italian Open, Raducanu's competition ended in tears as she was forced to withdraw from her first round match against Canada's Bianca Andreescu with a back injury she had sustained at the Madrid Open.

The 19-year-old trailed Andreescu 6-2, 2-1 when she decided to stop.

"I was definitely disappointed with how today went, but I guess I wanted to give it a try," Raducanu said after the match. "I never really knew how bad it was until I kind of went out there.

"I'm still learning when it's right to push my body and push through it, and when it's not. I guess that's something I'm learning at these tournaments."

Raducanu has endured a mixed first full year on the WTA Tour.

Since winning the US Open in shock fashion in September, she has failed to make it past the third round of any singles tournament and has been hampered by numerous injuries.

Her retirement in Rome was her second of the season after a leg injury forced her to withdraw from February's Mexico Open.

She also struggled with a blister on her hand as she crashed out of January's Australian Open in the second-round, as well as with blistered feet at the Billie Jean King Cup.

Ahead of the Italian Open, the teenager split with her coach Torben Beltz after working together for only five months.

She is now on the search for a fourth coach in the past year having also worked under Nigel Sears and Andrew Richardson.