Sick Raducanu Raises Temperature To Beat Wang Xinyu At French Open
The post Sick Raducanu Raises Temperature To Beat Wang Xinyu At French Open appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. PARIS, FRANCE – MAY 26: Emma Raducanu of Great Britain smiles after her victory over Wang Xinyu of … More People’s Republic of China in the Women’s Singles First Round match on Day Two of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros on May 26, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) Getty Images Emma Raducanu made positive strides at the Italian Open to reach the last 16, and her French Open dreams are still alive following the round of 128 on Monday. The 22-year-old beat China’s Wang Xinyu 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 after two and three-quarter hours of true grit. “Character and heart really came through today and I am really proud of that,” Raducanu told TNT Sports. Raducanu’s day could easily have unraveled at 6-5 in the first set. She called for a medical timeout and had her blood pressure and temperature taken in scenes reminiscent of the second-round defeat at the Australian Open last year when she lost to Wang’s compatriot, Wang Yafan. Raducanu used the time to gather her strength and serve the set out, but the prevailing illness was clearly affecting her ability to hold concentration after a grueling 63-minute opener. Wang subsequently took charge of the opening exchanges in the second. Wang was still erratic on serve though. When she was broken at 5-1 up, the Briton started to swing more freely, sustaining the aggression long enough to climb back up the ladder only to fall off it and lose serve at 4-5 down. If it wasn’t quite like Novak Djokovic coming back from physical wobbles to suddenly rise like a phoenix, Raducanu had at least shown she was in the fight until the end. The 2021 U.S. Open champion had come into the match with a niggling back problem sustained during her…
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PARIS, FRANCE – MAY 26: Emma Raducanu of Great Britain smiles after her victory over Wang Xinyu of … More People’s Republic of China in the Women’s Singles First Round match on Day Two of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros on May 26, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) Getty Images Emma Raducanu made positive strides at the Italian Open to reach the last 16, and her French Open dreams are still alive following the round of 128 on Monday. The 22-year-old beat China’s Wang Xinyu 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 after two and three-quarter hours of true grit. “Character and heart really came through today and I am really proud of that,” Raducanu told TNT Sports. Raducanu’s day could easily have unraveled at 6-5 in the first set. She called for a medical timeout and had her blood pressure and temperature taken in scenes reminiscent of the second-round defeat at the Australian Open last year when she lost to Wang’s compatriot, Wang Yafan. Raducanu used the time to gather her strength and serve the set out, but the prevailing illness was clearly affecting her ability to hold concentration after a grueling 63-minute opener. Wang subsequently took charge of the opening exchanges in the second. Wang was still erratic on serve though. When she was broken at 5-1 up, the Briton started to swing more freely, sustaining the aggression long enough to climb back up the ladder only to fall off it and lose serve at 4-5 down. If it wasn’t quite like Novak Djokovic coming back from physical wobbles to suddenly rise like a phoenix, Raducanu had at least shown she was in the fight until the end. The 2021 U.S. Open champion had come into the match with a niggling back problem sustained during her…
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