Emma Raducanu brushed apart Olga Danilovic on the Cincinnati Open to make a assured begin along with her new coach.
The British primary has added Rafael Nadal’s former coach Francis Roig to her crew on a full-time foundation as she prepares for the upcoming US Open.
And the shock 2021 champion in New York cruised to a 6-3 6-2 win in her first match because the Spaniard got here aboard.
Danilovic beat British quantity three Katie Boulter within the first spherical whereas Raducanu had a bye, and the Serbian primary broke Raducanu to like within the first sport of Saturday’s match.
After 4 breaks of serve between the pair within the opening 5 video games, Raducanu got here from 30-0 all the way down to seize one other and make it 5-3.
The 22-year-old gained seven factors in a row to carry up three set factors and took the primary with an ace.
Within the second set, Raducanu drew errors from her 24-year-old opponent and ultimately earned a break for 3-2.
From that time the world quantity 39, ranked 4 spots greater than Danilovic, didn’t drop one other sport as she booked her spot within the third spherical in Ohio.
Raducanu is taking part in within the WTA 1,000 occasion for the primary time since 2022 and will subsequent face world primary Aryna Sabalenka, in opposition to whom she suffered a slender Wimbledon defeat final month.
Earlier, Poland’s Iga Swiatek eased by means of to the final 32 because the Wimbledon champion claimed a 6-1 6-4 win over Russian Anastasia Potapova.
Australian Open champion Madison Keys of the US saved two match factors earlier than beating Germany’s Eva Lys 1-6 6-3 7-6 (7-1).
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