Emma Raducanu

2023 - 1 - 18

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Emma Raducanu out of Australian Open after straight-sets defeat to ... (The Guardian)

Coco Gauff is through to the third round of the Australian Open after a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Britain's Emma Raducanu.

On her second set point, Raducanu pushed Gauff back and perfectly set up the point, only to dump a drop shot into the net. What she has done is rise towards the top of the game by competing consistently over a long period of time, winning many more matches. As they moved towards a second set tie-break, the intensity and quality gradually rose. Raducanu found greater balance in her shotmaking and she pulled herself back into the set. It was a contest between two of the most high-profile young women’s players on the tour, but they arrived on Rod Laver Arena after completely different preparations. Although the Atlanta-born world No 7 stood across the net on Rod Laver Arena against a grand slam champion in Britain’s Emma Raducanu, her elder by a year and a half, as a professional tennis player she has already seen so much more.

Coco Gauff defeats Emma Raducanu to advance at the Australian ... (CNN)

Coco Gauff fought through a tough second round match at the Australian Open on Wednesday, defeating Emma Raducanu 6-3 7-6.

Gauff, however, was moving superbly around the court, retrieving shots that seemed well out of her reach. “Considering the circumstances, I can imagine both of us were nervous,” Gauff said in her on-court interview. It looked like the American would cruise through the rest of the match when she took a 3-1 lead in the second set, but Raducanu clawed her way back into the contest and broke Gauff to love at 3-4.

Australian Open: Emma Raducanu falls short against Coco Gauff in ... (Sky Sports)

The former US Open champion, ranked 70 places below Gauff, grew into the match and was the better player late in the second set but was unable to take two set ...

3 She fell 0-30 down on her opening service game but battled back to hold. 3/7

Coco Gauff admits recognising her mom's nerves during Emma ... (Tennis365)

Coco Gauff had to keep her emotions in check in a topsy-turvy second round Australian Open win over Emma Raducanu at the Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday, ...

[Australian Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/australian-open/) There’s other British players, but no one has done what she’s done and gotten that far in a Slam.” [News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/news/) But also, at the same time, I didn’t win a Slam. “There’s always, for American fans, someone to look to. [Tennis News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/tennis-news/) “Obviously she’s gone through a lot of pressure, bursting onto the scene. 20-year-old Raducanu has never been ranked above 10th in the world, but claimed a shock victory at the 2021 US Open. “I know my mum gets nervous… “I don’t look at [my nervous parents] too much in the match,” she said, as per Eurosport. [discovery+](https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/sport/tennis/australian-open?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C11-PR-CAM-AW-W-Tennis-AustralianOpen-221221-NA&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-paid-prcom-id1) and Eurosport

Gauff beats Raducanu in two sets at Australian Open (TSN)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Might be easy to forget, perhaps, that Coco Gauff is still just 18. After all, she's been winning Grand Slam matches for 3 1/2 ...

“I was just trying to focus on the point in front of me and not look too far in the future.” She needs to win this set to stay in the match. “I stayed calm when I needed to and made the serve when I needed to. On the first chance, Raducanu sailed a backhand long. “You know, like, we’re going to be the next generation.” Raducanu has not made it past the second round at a Grand Slam tournament since she won the 2021 U.S.

Emma Raducanu bows out in second-round loss to Coco Gauff (ESPN)

Emma Raducanu bowed out of the Australian Open at the hands of No. 7 seed Coco Gauff on Wednesday, but there may be lingering concerns about Raducanu's ...

I had extremely limited practice time, and I think I can say that now I'm not competing anymore, but it was going to be a push to get me on the court. For a brief period after, Raducanu's Australian Open campaign was in doubt, but she declared herself fit on the eve of the tournament. 7 seed [Coco Gauff](http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626) on Wednesday, but there may be lingering concerns about Raducanu's fitness after the British No.

Coco Gauff beats Emma Raducanu in Australia 'with maturity' (Toronto Star)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Might be easy to forget, perhaps, that Coco Gauff is still just 18. After all, she's been winning Grand Slam matches for 3...

“I was just trying to focus on the point in front of me and not look too far in the future.” She needs to win this set to stay in the match. “I stayed calm when I needed to and made the serve when I needed to. “You know, like, we’re going to be the next generation.” On the first chance, Raducanu sailed a backhand long. Raducanu has not made it past the second round at a Grand Slam tournament since she won the 2021 U.S.