The first set saw Raducanu race into a 4-0 lead, only for Cirstea to claw her way back to trail 5-4.<\/p>\n
But the British No.1 held her nerve to see off a break point and claim the first set 6-4.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sun came out for the second set, and that coincided with Raducanu raising her level. She used all her power in sealing a straight-sets win to advance at the WTA 500<\/a> event.<\/p>\n “It feels incredible to have come out and played how I did today against Sorana,” said Raducanu, who will play Kamilla Rakhimova on Saturday for a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n “She’s been a player who this year has been in incredible form, had some amazing wins, reached a really high ranking, and earlier on in the year she beat me, but I’m really glad that I could kind of get her back at home as well.<\/p>\n Highlights: Watch magical moments for Andreeva as she claims maiden Grand Slam<\/p>\n Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n “I think I played to a really high level. I knew that I had to playing Sorana. I had to go out there and play aggressively and dictate, because otherwise, if I didn’t, then she would do that.<\/p>\n “And as soon as I kind of took my foot off the gas a little bit, or didn’t execute in the first set, she was coming back.<\/p>\n “But I think straight from the get-go, I actually put a really good game on the court, and just really pleased that I\u2019m able to play another match here today, so hopefully you guys can stick around.”<\/p>\n “It means so much for everyone to have stuck around yesterday. For the whole crowd to be doing that, it’s a real privilege, and I really wanted to show some good tennis to make up for yesterday’s rain delay.”<\/p>\n It was hoped at one stage that Raducanu could return for her next match on Friday evening, but there wasn’t enough time in the end and her quarter-final will take place on Saturday.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Britain\u2019s Katie Boulter secured her place in the Queen\u2019s quarter-finals with a 6-1 6-3 victory over world No. 38 Jaqueline Cristian.<\/p>\n And later on Friday, Boulter claimed a brilliant 7-5 2-6 6-4 victory to reach the semi-finals.<\/p>\n British No. 5 Harriet Dart was knocked out, as Rakhimova came from behind for a 5-7 6-1 7-5 victory.<\/p>\n The world’s top women are making their grass court preparations ahead of one of the biggest tournaments in the world, Wimbledon, which begins on June 29.<\/p>\n Add TNT Sports as a preferred source\u00a0here<\/a> to enjoy more\u00a0content like this.Stream top tennis action live on TNT Sports and HBO Max.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘I got tired of sitting at home!’ – Williams on tennis return after triumphant comeback Video credit: SNTV…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[214905,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-635917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-queens-womens-singles-2026-w","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635917","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=635917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"picture\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-e8173b2e-3951-4a03-a588-41e7ab89b3f1-85-2560-1440.jpeg\")
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