Raducanu, 22, beat 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday night to reach the third round, where she will find herself up against world No 1 Sabalenka.
“[Sabalenka] is number one in the world, so dominant, has won literally everything. I’m just so happy how I performed. I guess there’s no pressure at all on me.”
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“That was the best I’ve seen her play since the US Open,” said former world No 1 Tracy Austin, analysing for the BBC.
“I would say she has a chance to beat Sabalenka if Emma plays that way. Sabalenka has one of the biggest serves in women’s tennis.
Vondrousova herself complimented Raducanu’s return game, and although the Czech cannot be held in the same category as Sabalenka, she does possess easy power that her opponent did well to return with interest.
That was never more on show than when Raducanu drew first blood, breaking for a 4-2 lead in the opening set with a backhand pass that instantaneously turned defence into attack.
Raducanu (far end) looked to have lost the point at this stage (Screengrab: BBC)But better, according to Raducanu, was to come.
‘The crowd were loving it!’
She gained control of the point with a powerful forehand down the line that Raducanu could only hit straight up in the air while on the run.
Emma Raducanu (near end) won this point (Screengrab: BBC)Vondrousova could only produce a short forehand and Raducanu stepped in to fire one of her 18 winners into the open court.
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“That’s something that I’ve developed in the last few months. My ability to kind of use the slice and stay in points for longer.”
“What’s going to be the real difference for me to get up to the top is going to be more the aggressive side. More taking risks and [taking] my shots on, but calculated risks, and improving starting the point as well.
“Against the top girls, you really need to have a weapon on serve and also from the back.”
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