Wobble in the end on her serve but managed to break again for the win! Overall some really impressive stuff from Emma - had some huge aces, winners and she was taking the return early a la US Open 2021. Lots of positives to take from this performance - let's hope she can build on it.
Wobble in the end on her serve but managed to break again for the win! Overall some really impressive stuff from Emma - had some huge aces, winners and she was taking the return early a la US Open 2021. Lots of positives to take from this performance - let's hope she can build on it.
Very good to hear. It's far from the first time since that US Open that she has been very positive, in particular standing up and attacking second serves, gets a very good win, and we think yes, that's the way to do it. And then a match ot two later she reverts! Emma, over to you ...
Wobble in the end on her serve but managed to break again for the win! Overall some really impressive stuff from Emma - had some huge aces, winners and she was taking the return early a la US Open 2021. Lots of positives to take from this performance - let's hope she can build on it.
Very good to hear. It's far from the first time since that US Open that she has been very positive, in particular taking the serve early, gets a very good win, and we think yes, that's the wat to do it. And then a match ot two later she reverts! Emma, over to you ...
True. I also thought she was trialling a few things in this match, eg taking the return early and aggressively and then coming to the net. She did that twice in a row at one point.
She said she will play Beijing and Wuhan, so hopefully with consistent match play she can push on. Up to live #54
5th win in a row against a top 50 player from Wimbledon on ( Badosa and Kenin were a bit outside the top 50 when she lost to them, Lulu Sun outside the top 100 ). 12/7 Win/Lose record against top 50 players this year, 25/21 in her career.
She has always had clear top 50 ability since her breakthrough year. It's a question of getting out there and producing it consistently and truly seeing where she can get to.
-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 19th of September 2024 11:39:52 AM
R2: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) 70 (CH=10 2022) def YUAN, Yue (CHN) (8) 40 (CH=36 2024) 6-4 6-3
R2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) (5) 183 (CH=38 2015) lost to KOSTYUK, Marta (UKR) (5) 18 (CH=16 2024) 2-6 2-6
QF: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) 70 (CH=10 2022) v KASATKINA, Daria ( ) (1) 13 (CH=8 2022)
They have played twice before with Daria winning 5 & 4 in OSTRAVA 2022 and winning 2 & 2 in Eastbourne 2024.