Emma Raducanu

The Brit won a three-hour contest to reach the quarter-finals in Washington.

“She is a big ball striker and has the ability to take the game out of your hands, so for me it’s just about recovery as best as I can for tomorrow,” Raducanu said of her next opponent. “Honestly, I don’t know how [she did it.] The 19-year-old showed impressive resilience to save set points in the 10th game of the first set and she eventually won the set in a tense tie-break.

Emma Raducanu dug deep to battle past Colombian Camila Osorio into the quarter-finals of the Citi Open in a match played out during sweltering conditions in ...

"Both of us are going to be feeling it, and it is a matter of who is going to stay tough." The British number one said: "She is a big ball striker and has the ability to take the game out of your hands, so for me it is just about recovery as best as I can for tomorrow. Of her own hand issues, Raducanu said: "At the beginning of the match I was alright, but then throughout the match my skin was just ripping off - it was pretty raw and open."

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In the first tie-breaker, Osorio won five of six points, the last when Raducanu double faulted, to seize a 5-3 edge. "I most enjoy the challenge of continuously coming back and getting back up, getting yourself out of rock bottom a lot of times repetitively," Raducanu said. "I'm just really pleased and proud of how I dug in when it really mattered.

Xiyu Wang and Liudmila Samsonova were the other two winners of the day.

The 95th-ranked Wang needed two hours and 26 minutes to notch a comeback win of her own against Donna Vekic, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. In her second-round match against Ajla Tomljanovic, Samsonova needed two hours and 14 minutes to come from down a set and oust the Australian, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. On a rain-marred and heavily humid Thursday at the Citi Open in the American capital, Washington DC, Emma Raducanu pipped Camila Osorio to reach the quarters.

Raducanu will clash with Russia's Liudmila Samsonova in the last eight of the Washington Open.

For me, it was a pretty monumental effort to really get through that," said Raducanu. "There were many moments in both sets where you want to go for the easy option of trying to finish the point early, but I'm just really pleased and proud of how I dug in when it really mattered." In two hours and fifty minutes, Raducanu triumphed 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4) to begin the defence of her US Open championship.

Reaching the quarter-finals of the Citi Open has guaranteed that Emma Raducanu will move above Danielle Collins in the WTA Rankings.

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Raducanu thunders a rangefinder backhand down the line but a floaty second serve on the next point allows Samsonova to step in and hit a cross-court forehand winner. 40-15 for the Briton. Samsonova puts the squeeze on her second serve and the Briton plunges a backhand into the net. But controlled, aggressive hitting from Raducanu outlasts her opponent from the baseline and more errors from Samsonova gift Raducanu another break point. She scoops out a smooth backhand down the line for a winner and then a punchy forehand brings up another break point. Absolute silence on the court and Raducanu is down a set and a break. Then Raducanu sends a backhand well wide, into the tramlines, and the Russian breaks. Raducanu finds depth from the baseline and Samsonova can only fire a low ball into the net. Raducanu bravely tries to cover the court but Samsonova steps inside and whacks a forehand into the corner. Raducanu unleashes a monster forehand return into the corner on the first point to set the tone for this game. Samsonova brings up another break point but skids at the back of the court and knocks her forehand into the net. The Russian floats down a fairly regulation second serve and Raducanu swings at it abjectly, sending it halfway up the net. She cuffs a sort of clumsy, blow-the-knee, cover drive into the bottom of the net, a very tired shot, and then barely chases as Samsonova forces her out wide on the next point.

The match lasted two hours and 50 minutes and now it's the longest two-set WTA match in 2022. The temperatures were around 36C and Raducanu had to overcome more ...

At that point, it seemed the match was over, but Osorio stormed back and somehow forced another tie-break. The temperatures were around 36C and Raducanu had to overcome more than just a tough opponent. Emma Raducanu revealed she now enjoys getting herself out of tough position and overcoming challenges as she feels those experiences can only help her in the long run.

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- On hard courts, Raducanu has won 40.2% of her return games and 57.6% of her service games. - Thus far this year, Raducanu has won 64.7% of her service games and 38.2% of her return games. - On hard courts, Samsonova has won 78.4% of her service games and 24.2% of her return games. - Thus far this year, Samsonova has won 25.7% of her return games and 75.3% of her service games. How to watch Liudmila Samsonova vs. How to watch Liudmila Samsonova vs.

Fellow Brit Dan Evans also went down in Washington. Subscribe to our daily newsletter! Sign Up.

After losing the opening set in a tie-break, Evans rallied to claim the second in convincing fashion. In the ATP event, British men’s number two Dan Evans fell in three sets to Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in their quarter-final. Samsonova saved four set points en route to clinching the first set before cruising home in the second with nine aces and 33 winners for the match.

The US Open champion kicked off her North American hard-court season with a two-and-a-half-hour battle against Louisa Chirico on Tuesday, and followed it up ...

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