Emma Raducanu ‘looking forward’ to match with globe No.1 Iga Swiatek
Emma Raducanu has actually won proceeded her winning worked on clay, with the Brit establishing a quarter-final clash with globe No.1 Iga Swiatek.
Raducanu beat Linda Noskova, 6-0 7-5, the other day on the interior clay courts in Stuttgart to win her 4th successive match.
This is the very first time that Raducanu has actually won 4 suits straight considering that winning the 2021 United States Open title, however the 21-year-old confessed that she was ‘not too surprised’ by this rediscovered type.
“I must say I am not too surprised because I have been working really hard on the training court and I knew it was just a matter of time,” Raducanu claimed after the match.
“I don’t think this is my best, I still have a long way to go but I am really happy that the rewards are starting to come on the match court because you know how it is when you are training day in, day out and the results aren’t going your way.”
Raducanu included, “It’s never that far away I guess and that’s something I have been learning. Going through everything I have gone through after the US Open and then last year with eight months out with surgery, it gives you a different appreciation.”
It is the 2nd time that Raducanu has actually gotten to the quarter-finals in Stuttgart, and she will certainly encounter the precise very same challenger in front runner and two-time protecting champ Swiatek.
Last break, Swiatek asserted a straight collections triumph en path to the title and Raducanu has actually confessed that she is simply going to ‘swing and enjoy it’.
“I have come a long way in two years and matured a lot. She [Swiatek] has achieved so much,” assertedRaducanu “It’s a match where I have nothing to lose. I can just swing and enjoy it. I am looking forward to it.”
Raducanu and Swiatek will certainly go head-to- head in Stuttgart later on today, with the Pole looking to expand her 9-match winning touch at the WTA 500 event.
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Emma Raducanu is looking increasingly more comfy on the clay courts, and simply in her basic matchplay after such an extensive break of activity due to injury. Iga Swiatek will certainly be a big obstacle for the Brit, and a lot more so on clay at a competition where she is unbeaten.
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