.png)
World No 3 Coco Gauff has enactment an extremity to Emma Raducanu's resurgence astatine the Italian Open, putting connected a ascendant show to decision the Briton successful consecutive sets and determination into the quarter-finals successful Rome.
Gauff, who is the favourite to triumph the competition, bushed the 23-year-old successful reasonably comfy fashion, 6-1 6-2, to contradict Raducanu the accidental of becoming British No 1.
Raducanu - ranked 49th successful the satellite - came into the 4th circular successful assured temper aft an awesome comeback triumph over Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova, mounting up a conflict with the US star.
And had she managed to get past Gauff, the erstwhile US Open champion would person reclaimed her presumption arsenic British tennis' fig 1 ranked pistillate prima from Katie Boulter
However, the American was conscionable excessively good. Raducanu was breached aboriginal successful the archetypal acceptable and was ne'er capable to recover; Gauff's pedigree connected the clay aboveground was conscionable a measurement excessively far.
Despite the defeat, Raducanu's tally to the 4th circular volition service arsenic encouragement up of the French Open, wherever she is apt to play astatine Roland-Garros astatine the extremity of the month.
Emma Raducanu has been knocked retired of the Italian Open successful the 4th round
More to follow.
English (US) ·