Emma Raducanu misplaced to Russian No.1 Daria Kasatkina in the Eastbourne International quarter-finals on Thursday in her final event before Wimbledon.
Raducanu, who was handed a wildcard to compete at this yr’s Championships, has been in positive type on the grass and narrowly missed out on reaching her second WTA Tour semi-final in a row as Kasatkina gained 6-2 6-2.
The British star, a Grand Slam champion in 2021 and ranked world No.10 in 2022, is at the moment down at No.168 and is build up health this yr having returned to tennis after overcoming long-term damage points and present process triple surgical procedure.
Raducanu has endured blended outcomes this yr however her resolution to skip the French Open has paid off with some strong performances on the grass, with the 21-year-old producing her first-ever win over a high 10 participant on Wednesday.
She was unable to comply with that up towards world No.14 Kasatkina in East Sussex, although, struggling elimination on the identical stage and on the identical day as British No.1 Katie Boulter, who misplaced to world No.7 Jasmine Paolini earlier on Thursday.
Katie Boulter’s exceptional run ends in Eastbourne
Katie Boulter’s excellent successful run got here to an finish on Thursday because the British No.1 misplaced to world No.7 Jasmine Paolini in the Eastbourne International quarter-finals.
The 27-year-old has loved a purple patch throughout the grass swing, heading into this conflict with a 7-0 report in competed in matches on the floor in 2024, together with her solely loss coming due to a mid-match retirement in Birmingham over sickness.
Boulter, ranked world No.32, clinched the Nottingham Open title earlier this month to impressively register her third trophy on the WTA Tour to date.
But it was Paolini who got here out on high 6-1 7-6 on Thursday because the Italian booked her spot in the final 4 in the final event in girls’s tennis forward of Wimbledon.
Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter are ‘very close’ buddies
Thursday’s outcomes imply that Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter will not meet in the semi-finals of the 2024 Eastbourne International.
The British pair have been on a collision course for one more showdown after Boulter beat Raducanu in the final 4 on the Nottingham Open earlier in June.
But with each girls shedding in the quarter-finals in East Sussex in Thursday, it’s Daria Kasatkina who’ll face Jasmine Paolini in the Eastbourne semi-finals.
There has been speak of a rivalry brewing between Raducanu and Boulter however the British No.1 insisted this week that they’re shut buddies.
‘If [my boyfriend] Alex [de Minaur] isn’t taking part in I assist the remainder of the British women,’ Boulter instructed The Times. ‘Emma Raducanu, Harriet Dart, Jodie Burrage and I are all very shut and journey collectively so much.
‘Sometimes they come over to my place and we cook and switch off from tennis to enjoy each other’s firm.’
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