{"id":25115,"date":"2025-07-26T08:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T08:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/25115\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T08:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T08:47:07","slug":"emma-raducanus-worrying-comments-before-retiring-from-citi-open-doubles-tennis-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/25115\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu’s worrying comments before retiring from Citi Open doubles | Tennis | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Raducanu<\/a> and Elena Rybakina conceded their doubles semi-final during the first set at the Washington Open after the British star made concerning comments<\/a>. The pair were 4-1 down in the first set to Taylor Townsend and Zhang Shuai before handing their opponents a walkover.<\/p>\n

Raducanu is also through to the last four of the singles, after beating Maria Sakkari on Thursday<\/a>. The 22-year-old fought back from 5-2 down in the second set to win 6-4 7-5. She\u2019ll now play Russian star Anna Kalinskaya on Saturday in her first tournament semi-final since her remarkable 2022 US Open<\/a> win.<\/p>\n

Should she win, it\u2019ll be a poignant final against Leylah Fernandez, her final opponent at Flushing Meadows, or doubles partner and third seed Rybakina. Indeed, the doubles development is not a surprise given Raducanu\u2019s comments in the aftermath of her win over Sakkari.<\/p>\n

Admitting she struggled with the searing heat, she was asked about the prospect of fulfilling her doubles commitments. Describing the conditions as being on a \u201cdifferent level,\u201d Raducanu notably offered no assurances she\u2019d play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not feeling the best right now, so I just need to go and speak to the doctors,” she said. The world No.46 also admitted to doubting whether she could go the distance had her Greek opponent forced a deciding set.<\/p>\n

“It was one of the toughest matches, conditions-wise, I have ever played in,\u201d she said. \u201cThose points in the second set, I was getting a bit wobbly. I\u2019m just happy I could close it out, and it was two sets.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you get to a point where you’re so tired that you don’t really know what you’re doing anymore, and I think maybe that helped. I was also thinking if this goes to three sets, I don’t know how I’m going to do it.”<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been an impressive week so far from Raducanu, who will regain the status of British No.1 after the tournament. Before playing Sakkari, he beat seventh seed Marta Kostyuk in the first round and overcame four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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