indiana wrote:

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dodrade wrote:

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Another great result for Emma, strangely no mention of it on the BBC Sport Page.

 

Wasn't Burel her arch enemy on the junior circuit?

-- Edited by dodrade on Wednesday 18th of August 2021 12:49:38 AM

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 That'll be the other Clara, Clara Tauson who beat Harriet as mentioned. She's a month younger than Emma and while I don't know about arch enemy, as two precocious junior talents, they had some interesting junior encounters. Clara Tauson subsesequently has had more pro circuit experience while Emma completed her A level studies though Emma did beat her in a 25K SF in Sunderland shortly before lockdown last year. 

Whilst Emma and Clara T are 18 yo, Clara B is pretty young too at 20 yo. Both Claras have been junior WR 1.

I see that Emma and Clara B did meet in the US Open Juniors QF in 2018 when Emma was 15 yo and Clara B 17 yo. Clara won by 6-2 6-0.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 18th of August 2021 06:09:13 PM

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 Clara Tauson has 1 WTA singles title winning the Lyon Open in 2021

E-Rad off to a flier.....4-1*.....

And gets the break in the second with lovely aggressive tennis. Clever point construction and attacking the second serve nicely.

*3-1

She looks a bit weary right now.

GSM Radders 6-2 7-5!!

She had a couple of small hiccups but each time she sorted it quickly. Her next opponent is still to play - either Jule Niemier or sixth seed Amanda Anismova.

Got the win.

Some super aggressive tennis from Emma, more so than usual but could have punished more of the inviting 2nd serves. Burel's returns off the Raducanu first serve were unreal during that 2nd set.

Emma struggles with her first groundstroke immediately after her serve. When she figures that out, she'll be a really good player.

Encouraging performance overall.