Emma Raducanu

Former US Open champion beat 17-year-old rising star Linda Furhvirtova 4-6, 6-4 6-2 in the first round of the ASB Classic.

On Wednesday Poland face Italy in the Brisbane final, Croatia face Greece in Perth and Great Britain take on the USA in Sydney. And in the United Cup Croatia and Poland secured passage from the group stage with wins over France and Switzerland respectively. But once I made that break at 3-2 in the first set I thought I stepped it up and played really good tennis for the rest of the match.” Raducanu dropped her first set to the 17-year-old from the Czech Republic, but bounced back to win the second and third in a rain-affected match. The 6ft 5in American, ranked 33 in the world and 16 places higher than the British number four, repeated that victory with a 7-6 (3) 6-3 success in one hour and 56 minutes. He then broke twice at the start of the set, as he sailed into the second round with a 6-3, 6-2 win.

Raducanu dropped her first set to the 17-year-old from the Czech Republic, and was a break down in the second, but bounced back to win in three despite a ...

'I've had to adapt to the other things,' Raducanu said recently of her past 12 months. Emma Raducanu makes a winning start to 2023 as she beats Linda Fruhvirtova at the ASB Classic in Auckland... Raducanu selected Singapore to fit in an intense block of practice with her latest coach, Sebastian Sachs.

The 2021 US Open champ fended off Linda Fruhvirtova, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, while Gauff defeated Tatjana Maria, 6-4, 6-1, on Tuesday.

"In this type of weather when it's really windy I knew everything is possible," Kuzmova said. It's the tropical weather." "In between the rain delays I got a bit of help from my coach. Gauff returned to win six straight games to open a 5-0 lead in the second set before Maria held serve again. Play resumed briefly and Gauff improved her lead to 5-4 when the second rain break occurred. Fruhvirtova took an early 2-0 lead in the second set but Raducanu broke back for 2-2 and went on to take the set in 46 minutes.

Emma Raducanu kicks off 2023 with a win over Linda Fruhvirtova in Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour's ASB Classic's first round on Tuesday in Auckland. She lost the first set but won the second and third to bounce back and beat the 17-year-old Czech.

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). [Emma Raducanu](/topic/emma-raducanu)will now face off against [Viktoria Kuzmova](/topic/viktoria-kuzmova). She won in September in [Chennai](/topic/chennai). He added that he had never faced the French before, and Lestienne didn't make mistakes. [Emma](/topic/emma)Raducanu, who is ranked 78th, won against [Linda Fruhvirtova](/topic/linda-fruhvirtova)by 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. [Fruhvirtova](/topic/fruhvirtova)is the top 100's youngest player and is the youngest since [Coco Gauff](/topic/coco-gauff)to win a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) title.