MELBOURNE, Australia — “I think it had a mind of its own,” Emma Raducanu said of her boom-and-bust serve during Tuesday’s gritty win over No. 26 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova at the ...
Emma Raducanu joked her serve had “a mind of its own” after she battled her way to victory over 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova despite 15 double faults. Nine of them came in the first five ...
We saw both the pros and the cons of this tendency on Tuesday. The downside could be observed in Raducanu’s serve, which she has amended for at least the third time in the last year. It was a ...
Emma Raducanu wanted to play more this season, and so far, she has achieved that goal with mixed results. Raducanu pulled out ...
Raducanu overcame her serve, with the former US Open champion making 15 double faults across the match, but raised her level when it counted to win 7-6 (4) 7-6 (2). And the 22-year-old Brit ...
Emma Raducanu battled a misfiring second serve and visible nerves to come through her Australian Open first-round match against 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. Rather like Jack Draper’s win on ...
In the second set, Raducanu led 4-2 but then lost control of her serve again and needed to save a set point before forcing another tiebreaker, which she dominated. Raducanu raced to a 6-0 lead ...
But she managed to find a way to beat Anisimova - a friend who is ranked 35th - in a tussle where there were 13 breaks of serve. "To make it past the second round means a lot to me," said Raducanu ...