{"id":72544,"date":"2025-08-10T14:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/72544\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T14:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:48:02","slug":"aryna-sabalenka-says-how-she-feels-about-having-to-face-emma-raducanu-again-in-cincinnati-so-soon-after-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/72544\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka says how she feels about having to face Emma Raducanu again in Cincinnati so soon after Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka made her way into the second round of the Cincinnati Open after defeating Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets. <\/p>\n<p>In her first match of the North American hard-court swing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sabalenka<\/a> beat the former Wimbledon champion 7-5, 6-1 to kick off her title defence. <\/p>\n<p>She will face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/emma-raducanu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Raducanu<\/a> in the next round, who she overcame at the All England Club earlier this summer en route to the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of her clash with the Briton, Sabalenka reflected on the rivalry the two stars have had on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTA<\/a> Tour so far.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228586543-1024x622.jpg\" alt=\"Aryna Sabalenka reacts at the Cincinnati Open.\" \/>Photo by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesAryna Sabalenka reflects on rivalry with Emma Raducanu<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Tennis Channel after her win, she said of Raducanu: \u201cWe had a great battle at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is an amazing player, and she has been playing really well lately. I am super excited to face her on hard courts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember our match at Indian Wells, but I think now she is playing much better. It\u2019s going to be a challenge, and I love to accept tough challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I am super excited to face her. I will definitely have to work really hard for every point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Marketa tested me really well today, so I am ready to fight for each point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s undefeated record against Emma Raducanu<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka and Raducanu first played each other at Indian Wells in 2024, when they met in the round of 32. <\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian, who was the second seed at the event that year, beat her 6-3, 7-5, before losing in the next round to Emma Navarro. <\/p>\n<p>Their second and most recent bout came at Wimbledon this year, where Raducanu looked to advance to the fourth round in front of a home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Despite forcing Sabalenka to a first-set tiebreak, ultimately the three-time major champion came out on top. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka made her way into the second round of the Cincinnati Open after defeating Marketa Vondrousova in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[652,37370,1701,99,428,654],"class_list":{"0":"post-72544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-aryna-sabalenka","9":"tag-cincinnati-open","10":"tag-emma-raducanu","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}