For the second straight match Raducanu delivered a dominating show, the tenth seed needing simply 62 minutes on centre court docket to dismiss the twice Australian Open winner from Belarus after thumping Serena Williams 6-4, 6-0 within the first spherical.
“I used to be enjoying an amazing match for certain and to play Vika I needed to keep targeted all through,” Raducanu stated. “Within the second set I might really feel the essential moments and a few turning factors that might have made the second set actually tough.
“I’m actually happy with how I dug in and serving it out in that final recreation was actually tough.”
Raducanu, who has not received a event since capturing final 12 months’s title at Flushing Meadows as a One hundred and fiftieth-ranked qualifier, seems to once more be hitting her stride with the season’s last grand slam starting Monday week at Flushing Meadows.
After committing only one unforced error in her match in opposition to Williams, the 19-year-old Briton was once more firing on all cylinders as she raced out to 6-0, 4-0 lead earlier than Azarenka, twice a winner of the occasion, was capable of maintain serve and keep away from the embarrassment of a double-bagel exit.
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Wanting each bit just like the participant who surprised the tennis world a 12 months in the past along with her magical run in Flushing Meadows, Raducanu had all elements of her recreation working, laying down 5 aces and unleashing a barrage of returns and flurry of winners.
Raducanu subsequent takes on American seventh seed Jessica Pegula.
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