Washington Open: Raducanu knocks out No 8 seed Mertens
Emma Raducanu edged out Elise Mertens 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 on Tuesday night. She’ll play the winner of the match between wildcard Clervie Ngounoue and Peyton Stearns in the next round
Emma Raducanu, 2024 © Action Plus / Panoramic
Wildcard Emma Raducanu reached the second round of the Washington Open by edging out Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 8 seed, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Tuesday night.
Raducanu, ranked No 89, will face the winner of the match between wildcard Clervie Ngounoue and Peyton Stearns next.
Washington WTA 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Sofia Kenin
- Clervie Ngounoue vs. Peyton Stearns
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Taylor Townsend vs. Anastasia Potapova
- McCartney Kessler vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Katie Volynets vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Amanda Anisimova (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 7-5
- Robin Montgomery (WC) beat Shelby Rogers: 7-5, 6-3
- Yafan Wang beat Karolina Pliskova: 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
- Caroline Dolehide beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
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