Emma Raducanu shocks Sloane Stephens 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in Eastbourne on Tuesday after playing an extraordinary match to play Jessica Pegula in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes.
The Brit added to her prize money $ 3,770 after winning this match. She has already won $ 13,590 after this win. If she wins the next match, Raducanu will add $ 11,320 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,910 in total.
Highlights Emma Raducanu vs. Sloane Stephens Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Raducanu scored 63 points vs. Stephens’s 37.
Raducanu
The Brit didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (6/9).
Stephens
On the other side, Stephens had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Raducanu and Stephens is 2-0 for Emma.
Draw and next match H2H: Emma Raducanu vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Raducanu will fight against Pegula in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Emma Raducanu and Jessica Pegula play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Pegula won 7-5 6-4 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The Brit won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game, The Brit broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
The Brit failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Sloane couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Raducanu was flawless in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 0-40), the 8th
(3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Sloane converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).They contested 74 points. Emma was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the American (42-32). The Brit conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).
Stephens was repeatedly broken and Raducanu won the set 6-0
.Raducanu converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, the Brit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 26 points. The Brit was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than Stephens (21-5). Raducanu was perfect on serve to concede not even a single point during her serving games (8-0). on the other side of the net, Sloane conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 6-0)
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-1 6-77 7-5)
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (3-1 ret.)
- Elise MertensMertens – Yuriko MiyazakiMiyazaki (6-1 6-2)
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-3 6-2)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-2 3-6 6-2)
- Magda LinetteLinette – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (1-6 7-64 6-4)
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Greetje MinnenMinnen (7-63 6-1)
- Yue YuanYuan – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-3 6-6 ret.)
- Harriet DartDart – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-5 6-77 6-4)
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Petra MarticMartic (6-1 7-6(8))
Upcoming matches
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- Sofia KeninKenin – Harriet DartDart (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Magda LinetteLinette (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elise MertensMertens – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-1) – H2H details and stats