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The Emma Raducanu wonder gives no indications of halting. The entirety of 18, Raducanu beats Shelby Rogers 6-2, 6-1 on Monday to turn out to be only the third qualifier in history to make the quarterfinals at the US Open.
The Brit wasted an early break in the match, however at that point rolled out 11 straight games to dispatch Rogers in a little more than 60 minutes. Raducanu, who is yet to drop a set in this competition, will break the main 100 of the rankings one week from now by the excellence of her dynamite run so far.
Essentially, Emma Raducanu was offered the chance to play at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday. In her post-match public interview, she referenced how she was absorbing the air once she ventured onto the court, and that she didn’t anticipate that herself should play on Ashe right off the bat in her profession.
“It did feel different going out there with a crowd, all of the lights, display on the board. It did take some adjusting. I was just soaking it all in. I was really trying to enjoy the moment,” she said.
“It’s something that you kind of dream of, to play on Ashe, the biggest court in the world. So soon I really didn’t expect to be here. I just really wanted to be in the present and take it all in,” she added.
Emma Raducanu further remarked on her form and the way that all her matches so far at Flushing Meadows so far have finished in straight sets. She accentuated that scorelines are unimportant since the games have been extremely close, however added that she is feeling sure with the manner in which she is playing.
“I think the scorelines are quite irrelevant because the matches and the games, a lot are going to deuce. Those long games, like, one can win them, but it’s such a tight match. It’s very difficult to call,” she said
“I’m feeling very confident and happy with how I’m performing out here in the States,” she added. “I feel like I’m building with each match. I’m really excited to see what I can do on Wednesday,” she added.
Anticipating her in the quarterfinals is the Tokyo Olympics gold medalist and eleventh seed Belinda Bencic. The Swiss-made the last four at the US Open two years prior, so she has the insight into playing on such a phase.
Raducanu further recognized the proceeded with the help she has been getting since Wimbledon 2021, where she arrived at the Round of 16 on her introduction run. She likewise kidded about her folks ‘ghosting’ her after the match, which is a word used to portray disregarding somebody in spite of accepting their messages.
“I’ve got quite a lot of messages from my school friends,” Raducanu said. “It’s really nice that we’re still in contact even though we’ve left. I mean, it was quite a short time ago.”
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