Tennis
Emma Raducanu achieves surprising career first ahead of Wimbledon and it is blowing fans’ minds
Emma Raducanu is starting to show flashes of the brilliance that helped her win the US Open in 2021.
The Brit is putting on a good show at Eastbourne this week and it has come at the perfect time ahead of Wimbledon.
Raducanu is finding some form at the perfect timeCredit: AFP
She knocked out former US Open winner Sloane Stephens to set up a tough clash with Jessica Pegula.
Pegula is ranked fifth in the world right now and is in some pretty good form herself. The American won in the Grass Court Championships Berlin last week, so it was a great test to see where Raducanu was at.
Pegula took the first set, but Raducanu battled back to win the second on a tie break. Remarkably, that was the first time the Brit has ever taken a set off a top-10 player in her whole career. She has won a Grand Slam, reached the fourth round of Wimbledon, beaten Serena Williams, been awarded an MBE… all before actually winning a set off a top-10 player.
The 21-year-old went one better than that too, she went on to claim a 4-6 7-6 7-5 victory – her first ever against a top-10 opponent.
That stat is blowing people’s minds on social media.
One person wrote on X: “Thats a mad stat for a Grand Slam champion.”
Pegula’s levels dropped and allowed Raducanu back into the gameCredit: Getty
Another said: “Stats that don’t feel real…”
The highest ranked person she beat at the US Open in 2021 was her quarter-final opponent Belinda Bencic, who was then ranked 12 in the world.
“I am pretty drained right now but I just want to say thanks to everyone again for getting me through some really difficult moments in that match,” Raducanu said in her courtside interview.
“It is incredibly difficult when you are playing someone so in form like Jessica. She came off the back of a great run in Berlin and no doubt she is feeling confident on the grass.
“I am really pleased with how I managed to navigate some really tough situations and I didn’t think I would be able to get myself out of it, so I would say this match is one of the more meaningful ones to me. I have been going through some stuff, so to come through has been really nice.”
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