Emma Raducanu’s profitable run got here to an finish in a 7-6 (2), 6-3 loss to top-ranked Iga Swiatek within the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart on Friday.
Raducanu, ranked 303rd, had produced a few of her greatest kind since profitable the 2021 U.S. Open as she received two Billie Jean King Cup matches final week and adopted up with two wins to achieve the Stuttgart Open quarterfinals.
That kind wasn’t fairly sufficient to beat the top-ranked Swiatek, who’s on track to win the Stuttgart event for the third 12 months working in a key a part of her clay-court preparation for subsequent month’s French Open.
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“It was a fairly intense match, so I’m comfortable that I used to be in a position to maintain the depth regardless that we performed powerful video games for 2 hours,” Swiatek stated. Requested if she thought Raducanu was on the trail again to difficult for titles, Swiatek stated: “I hope she’ll be capable to do it, as a result of for positive, she has a sport for that, however it’s not straightforward.”
Raducanu broke Swiatek’s serve within the opening sport however the Polish participant broke again instantly and ultimately took the first-set tiebreak after racing to 4-0. Swiatek carried that momentum to interrupt her British opponent to like within the first sport of the second set, constructing a lead she stored all through.
Swiatek subsequent performs Elena Rybakina, who beat Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 of their quarterfinal after recovering from a break down within the deciding set.
Kostyuk stuns Coco Gauff
Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk wanted eight match factors to stun third-ranked Coco Gauff 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6) of their quarterfinal.
Coco Gauff of the US performs Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk throughout her quarterfinals tennis match on the WTA Tour in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday April 19, 2024. (Marijan Murat/dpa through AP)
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Coco Gauff of the US performs Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk throughout her quarterfinals tennis match on the WTA Tour in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday April 19, 2024. (Marijan Murat/dpa through AP)
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Gauff saved three match factors at 5-4 down within the decider and 4 consecutive match factors within the tiebreak. Kostyuk herself had saved 5 match factors in a win over Zheng Qinwen the day earlier than.
“It’s very, very shut,” Kostyuk stated. “Undoubtedly an incredible feeling to be within the semis right here.”
Kostyuk subsequent takes on Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, who upset second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 3-6 6-3, 7-5 to achieve a semifinals for the primary time since profitable the grass-court Grand Slam final 12 months.
It was Sabalenka’s first look in a quarterfinal since profitable the Australian Open in January.