first meeting<\/a> on the WTA Tour. Raducanu goes into the title clash after claiming two impressive wins on Saturday. She defeated Kamilla Rakhimova and Iva Jovic in straight sets, all while dealing with a thigh issue.<\/p>\nRaducanu has showcased incredible resilience this week, looking like a completely different player than the one we saw at the French Open, where she was sent packing in the first round. Her aggressive return game helped her overpower Jovic in the semifinals, and she will hope to use that to her advantage in the final.<\/p>\n
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Lucky loser Veki\u0107 stunned home favorite Katie Boulter 6-1, 6-3 in the semifinals, and has also overcome Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 and Marie Bouzkov\u00e1 at Queen\u2019s Club. She has used her experience to her advantage, going from losing in qualifying to a sixth grass-court final.<\/p>\n
Raducanu vs Veki\u0107 Prediction and Pick<\/p>\n
Raducanu has yet to drop a set at Queen\u2019s Club, powering into the final while showing great tenacity and playing on the front foot. She has looked efficient on her serve, avoided errors, and defended well on her return.<\/p>\n
This will be Raducanu\u2019s second final of 2026, and she will hope that it goes better than the Transylvania Open, where she was soundly beaten by Sorana C\u00eerstea.<\/p>\n
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Veki\u0107 has more big-match experience under her belt. She is an Olympic silver medalist and has a decent grass-court record, having been a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2024 and the Nottingham champion in 2017. But it remains to be seen whether the 29-year-old can finally overcome her disappointing record in finals. She has lost her last five title clashes on the WTA Tour and Challenger level.<\/p>\n
The key for Veki\u0107 will be to try and take advantage of any fatigue or lingering effects Raducanu is facing from her thigh injury. Her powerful groundstrokes allow her to dictate play, and she is very much at home on grass courts.<\/p>\n
However, we believe that the momentum is firmly on Raducanu\u2019s side. If she is at 100% fitness, she will fancy her chances of finally ending her five-year title drought.<\/p>\n
Pick \u2013 Raducanu in three sets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu looks to win her first title since her 2021 US Open triumph as she takes on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[102890,102926,101226,102791,9,24,63,21130,122,124,123,101228],"class_list":["post-266365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-all-england-lawn-tennis-and-croquet-club","tag-donna-vekic","tag-emma-raducanu","tag-marketa-vondrousova","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens-club","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-raducanu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}