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Jessica Pegula shows true colours with ‘lucky’ Emma Raducanu comment at China Open
Emma Raducanu could not get over the line against Jessica Pegula at the China Open.
Jessica Pegula graciously admitted that she was “lucky” to defeat Emma Raducanu, having survived three match points in a second-set tiebreak. The Brit had taken the first set comfortably, 6-3, but Pegula roared back into the match and after trading breaks, the pair went to a tiebreak.
Pegula pulled off two stunning backhand efforts to save two match points, then a third came and went for the British No. 1 when she sent a forehand long. That was one of three consecutive errors from that side as Pegula ultimately saved her position and took the match to a deciding set.
At this point, Raducanu completely collapsed.
She was beaten 6-0 in the third and at times struggled to even come close to returning a serve. Raducanu completely ran out of ideas as a worrying trend emerged.
At the Korea Open just 11 days earlier, Raducanu also squandered three match points to Barbora Krejcikova in a second-set tiebreak. She lost that third set 6-1.
Raducanu led 5-2 in both tiebreaks before going on to lose the match.
She has now lost six of her past seven tiebreaks, dating back to June, in what must be a concern for new coach Francisco Roig.
But Pegula eased some of the pressure on Raducanu, who came in as an underdog against the fifth seed, admitting that she “got a little lucky” twice in the tiebreak and could just as easily have lost the match.
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We’re reaching the business end of the Paris Masters, as eight players become four in the French capital. Jannik Sinner is the overwhelming favourite to lift the trophy after Carlos Alcaraz was dumped out by Cameron Norrie in the Spaniard’s opening match. Norrie was then beaten by Valentin Vacherot, whose amazing 10-match winning streak at Masters 1000 level came to an end when he lost to Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Canadian star Auger-Aliassime will face Alexander Bublik in the semis. Bublik defeated Alex de Minaur, who is among those to have already qualified for the year-end ATP Finals. Sinner is through to his first Paris Masters semi-final after beating Ben Shelton. He’ll face defending champion Alexander Zverev, who survived a tough match against Daniil Medvedev.
Novak Djokovic is not involved in the Paris Masters, having decided to skip the event for the second year in a row, but he has learned his fate in the draw of next week’s ATP 250 in Athens. And over in Riyadh, the WTA Finals are about to get underway.
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