Emma Raducanu knocking on the door of the WTA Top 10 after notching up another dazzling win in Madrid
Emma Raducanu continued her excellent start to her clay-court career as she eased past Marta Kostyuk to reach the third round of the Madrid Open.
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Raducanu cruises past Kostyuk in dominant display
Emma Raducanu produced her best performance since the US Open to surge past Marta Kostyuk and into the third round of the Madrid Open.
'I'm just vibing out here' - Emma Raducanu convincingly beats old rival Marta Kostyuk to reach last-16 at Madrid Open
Emma Raducanu cruises through to the last-16 of the Madrid Open after a convincing 6-2 6-1 win over Marta Kostyuk. Raducanu said before their match that Kostyuk was always the favourite when the pair played at juniors level, while the Ukrainian also knocked the 19-year-old out in the Translyvania Open quarter-finals last year. Ad/> But the 2021 US Open winner avenged her defeat with an easy win over the world No.
Impressive Emma Raducanu into last 16 in Madrid
Emma Raducanu played a near flawless match to dismiss Ukrainian teenager Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-1 in Madrid and reach the last-16 of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time. US Open champion Raducanu, who is playing just the second tour-level clay-court event of her career, committed just five unforced errors and dropped a mere three points behind her first serve en route to a 64-minute victory. "I'm definitely very happy with my performance today.
Emma Raducanu hits the heights in straight-sets win over Marta Kostyuk
The positive momentum established by Emma Raducanu in recent weeks now appears to be growing steadily. In the second showdown of a budding generational rivalry, Raducanu produced her very best performance since the US Open by eviscerating her fellow 19-year-old Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-1 to reach the third round of the Madrid Open.
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‘They pretend like nothing is going on’ - Marta Kostyuk hits out at fellow pros over Ukraine ‘excuses’
Ukrainian teenager Marta Kostyuk has insisted that “sports have always been political” and that those claiming otherwise are simply using the statement as “an excuse” to avoid speaking out against Russia’s invasion of her home country. The 19-year-old Kostyuk, who faces Emma Raducanu in the Madrid Open second round on Sunday, says she’s been living through a “roller coaster” ever since war erupted back home and has called out her Russian and Belarusian peers for not publicly opposing the war.
