'Very happy to have battled through' - Emma Raducanu eases past Storm Sanders in Stuttgart first round

Emma Raducanu is into the second round of the Stuttgart Open after a 6-1 6-2 win in 70 minutes against qualifier Storm Sanders. The British number one suffered severe blistering in her 6-1 6-1 defeat to Marketa Vondrousova at the Billie Jean King Cup last Friday.

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WTA StuttgartCome on you Spurs – Raducanu wears Tottenham shirt during Stuttgart preparationsYESTERDAY AT 08:22 After Raducanu's fourth win of her campaign, she will play lucky loser Tamara Korpatsch in the next round. The eighth seed said after the match: «At the US Open I think the biggest thing was just having zero expectation and just going out there and having fun every single match, having a swing and I think that’s something that overtime I’ve definitely developed and starting to do more and more.

»I’m just really enjoying my tennis at the moment." /> She added: “I feel like there were many long, long deuce games so I’m very happy to have battled through against Storm. «She’s played two matches in qualifying but she’s a great opponent, we played last year and it was extremely tricky so I’m just really happy to have somehow found a way to come through those long games and put on a good performance.” Wimbledon confirms ban on Russian and Belarusian players for 2022 Becoming world No.1 overwhelmed me, says Swiatek Raducanu has been affected by illness and injury this season and admitted afterwards she was not sure last week how fit she would be for the tournament.

»This time last week I was practicing in Prague and I genuinely didn’t know how to move," she said. «The fitness