Raducanu seals first WTA Tour win in Romania
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US Open champion Emma Raducanu had to work hard for her first win on the WTA Tour after her fairytale New York triumph as she recovered from a set down to beat world No. 124 Polona Hercog 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 at the Transylvania Open in Romania on Tuesday.
Raducanu, born in Canada to parents from Romania and China, announced herself on the grandest stage when she claimed the Flushing Meadows title as a qualifier last month, but the 18-year-old Briton lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus in straight sets at Indian Wells.
Still without a coach after parting ways with former Davis Cup player Andrew Richardson and having skipped the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, world No. 23 Raducanu had sought to temper the expectations but showed her class in a difficult match.
She surrendered the opening set tamely after being 4-1 up before showing glimpses of the fighting character that marked her maiden major success to draw level at one-set apiece.
With the momentum going her way, Raducanu raised her level by a notch and roared to 5-0 in the deciding set, winning 77 percent of her first serve points to close out the victory in Cluj-Napoca.
鈥淚t means a lot to play in my dad鈥檚 country,鈥 said Raducanu, who delighted the crowd by conducting most of her post-match interview in Romanian.
鈥淧olona鈥檚 a great opponent, and she鈥檚 really experienced, so I really had to fight hard to pull that one through,鈥 she said of the 30-year-old Slovenian.
鈥淚 thought that by the end of the third set I was playing some better tennis and the most important thing was I earned another opportunity to go and play better in my next round.鈥
鈥淚t feels like a huge win, to be honest. It鈥檚 actually my first WTA win, which makes me very, very happy.鈥
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think there is any pressure on me,鈥 Raducanu had said on Monday. 鈥淚 feel like everyone should just be a little patient with me.鈥
Raducanu will next take on home favorite Ana Bogdan.
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