{"id":456909,"date":"2026-02-08T19:34:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/456909\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:34:46","slug":"raducanu-well-beaten-in-transylvania-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/456909\/","title":{"rendered":"Raducanu well beaten in Transylvania Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Raducanu’s hopes of a first title since her US Open triumph in 2021 ended in misery as she was trounced by Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the Transylvania Open final.<\/p>\n

The British number one, who was the top seed, was second best throughout the match as 35-year-old Cirstea surged to a 6-0 6-2 victory in front of her home crowd.<\/p>\n

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Raducanu, 23, was on court for nearly three hours in her semi-final win<\/a> over Oleksandra Oliynykova on Friday, but against third seed Cirstea she lasted just an hour and three minutes.<\/p>\n

She managed to level the second set at 2-2 after having her blood pressure taken. However, the mini revival was not enough to stop Cirstea claiming the fourth WTA Tour title of her 20-year career in emphatic fashion.<\/p>\n

On the purple court in Cluj-Napoca, Raducanu looked tired and lacking in energy after her valiant effort to battle past Oliynykova in three sets.<\/p>\n

Cirstea was sharper from the off, breaking Raducanu early and breezing through the rest of the first set to take it with a bagel.<\/p>\n

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The Romanian was 2-0 up in the second set when Raducanu finally put her first game on the board. She sat down slowly and called for medical attention, receiving words of encouragement from her trainer.<\/p>\n

It looked like Raducanu’s final may come to a premature end, but she carried on with the match and took the next game to draw level.<\/p>\n

However, Cirstea, who is in the final year of her career, regained control quickly and a double fault by Raducanu at championship point ended any hopes of the Briton winning a second senior trophy.<\/p>\n

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