{"id":632089,"date":"2026-06-10T23:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632089\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:57:26","slug":"queens-club-emma-raducanu-impresses-in-singles-opener-before-partnering-katie-boutler-to-doubles-loss-ahead-of-wimbledon-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632089\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen’s Club: Emma Raducanu impresses in singles opener before partnering Katie Boutler to doubles loss ahead of Wimbledon | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Raducanu got her HSBC Championships off to a blistering start with a straight-sets win over Anna Blinkova, before her and Katie Boulter were beaten in their doubles opener. <\/p>\n

The British No 1 dazzled the packed London crowd in a 20-minute first set where she didn’t drop a game.<\/p>\n

Raducanu was visibly happier on the court, watched on by her new coach Andrew Richardson – whom she reunited with last month after the pair won the US Open in 2021, as she breezed to a 6-0 6-3 straight-sets win.<\/p>\n

\"Raducanu<\/p>\n

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\n Raducanu is into the second round of the WTA 500 Queen’s Club tournament<\/p>\n

Blinkova, however, never lost hope and bounced back in the second set, producing an expert volleyed drop-shot to win her first game after an early Raducanu break, before the Brit produced three straight double faults to allow the Russian to level the game with a hold at 3-3.<\/p>\n

Raducanu, though, kept her composure well under significant pressure from her opponent, and a vital break at 4-3 ahead allowed her to serve for the match and book her safe passage into the second round.<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/p>\n

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\n Emma Raducanu during her first-round match at Queen’s<\/p>\n

“I feel like I started extremely well, and despite not having played a lot of matches, I was really pleased with how I came out and was playing very free,” Raducanu said after her victory. “I was just feeding off of the atmosphere, and it felt free, it felt clear, and a lot of clarity.<\/p>\n

“It was a really good stepping stone, and the way I was feeling on the court, the way I was moving, the way I was expressing myself, just the whole package, not necessarily the tennis, just how I was acting on the court, I really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

“That’s something that I want to take forward in all of my matches and really embrace this grass court season.”<\/p>\n

Raducanu will face Romanian seventh seed Sorana Cristea, who defeated Maddison Inglis 6-4 5-7 6-2, as she looks to build momentum with just over two weeks to Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

Boulter beats Fernandez in thriller <\/p>\n

\"Katie<\/p>\n

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\n Katie Boulter beat Leylah Fernandez to reach the second round<\/p>\n

Katie Boulter also got her Queen’s campaign off to a winning start as she beat world No 23 Layla Fernandez 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 in a thriller on Andy Murray arena.<\/p>\n

Boulter was a set down and level at 3-3 in the second set when rain stopped play on Monday. But the Brit battled back in the sunshine on Tuesday upon the resumption to win through.<\/p>\n

“I’m really pleased about the way I came back today. I felt like I was a step slow yesterday and she was playing great. I felt I had to respond today – it’s really hard to sleep when you’re in the middle of a match! I’m really pleased to win today and happy to be in the second round here.”<\/p>\n

Boulter will now faces a second-round meeting with Romanian Jacqueline Cristian, who defeated Qinwen Zheng in straights sets in her tournament opener.<\/p>\n

Serena Williams’ competitive comeback – and victory – left Raducanu and Boulter playing on court one for their first-round match against Storm Hunter and Shuai Zhang later in the day, where they unable to build on their singles success.<\/p>\n

The British duo battled back from a set down to force a final-set tiebreak, before Hunter and Zhang closed out a 6-4 3-6 10-5 victory to reach the quarter finals.<\/p>\n

Watch the ATP and WTA Tours, live on Sky Sports or stream with NOW<\/a> and the Sky Sports app<\/a>. Find out more here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu got her HSBC Championships off to a blistering start with a straight-sets win over Anna Blinkova,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-632089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}