After defeating hometown favourite Peyton Stearns to advance to the Citi Open quarterfinals, Emma Raducanu said that she was taken aback by the amount of love she received.

When the rain started to pour, the British player was serving to take the first set. The match was stopped, but Raducanu came back to win 7-6(6) 6-2.

Raducanu rejected the chance to compete for Team GB in the Olympics so that she could concentrate on her hard-court season, and she was surprised by the support she received in Washington.

Raducanu talked about it after the match and said: “Honestly, it was like, ‘Why did I play that last point at 15-15’, but I managed to get over that (unfortunate rain delay timing) quite quickly and have set points on that service game. It’s tricky today when you get rained off at such a big moment like that. It can affect the dynamics of the match. I think I did a pretty good job of coming out pretty strong and toughing out that tiebreak. In the second set, I was playing much better.”

She further said: “I want to thank everyone’s patience and wait for the end of that match. I knew it was going to be a tough match against Peyton, especially playing at home, but I want to thank everyone for their support because honestly, I felt like I was playing at home too.”

Raducanu in Washington, ranking, and results in 2024

Now ranked no.89, Emma owns a 18-10 match record in 2024. Emma is currently competing in Washington where she ousted the world no.35 Elise Mertens 6-2 3-6 6-4 and the world no.51 Peyton Stearns 7-6(6) 6-2.

Emma Raducanu will take on the world no.46 Viktoriya Tomova in the final. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Tomova.