"I'm rewatching my matches from US Open" - Raducanu on her preparation

Friday, 19 August 2022 at 09:20

Updated at Monday, 27 January 2025 at 20:53

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byErik Virostko

Emma Raducanu played a couple of solid matches at the 2022 Cincinnati Open before losing to Jessica Pegula, and she also revealed how she prepared for them.

The 2021 US Open champion is trying to find her best form before defending her title at the fourth Grand Slam of the season. For a moment, it also seemed like Raducanu found.

The British player dominated in her matches against Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. She beat both of them easily, even winning one set 6-0 against each of them.

Although she lost to Pegula, Raducanu will leave Cincinnati happy. Speaking after her loss, the British player looked mostly at the positives.

"I think this week was a great step for me. In the past year I think it’s probably like the first tournament or like one of the few tournaments that I have actually started going for my shots more."

"I think that recently I was kind of playing and hoping they would miss, and I think I was pushing the ball around a lot more, rather than this week I kind of just was like, look, I’m just going to try, I don’t care if I make errors, like it’s fine, but I’m just going to like overhit if anything."

After she struggled to match her success from the 2021 US Open this year, Raducanu started rewatching her matches from her triumph in New York.

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"I think that it is relieving because I feel like I’m swinging with the same sort of freedom as I probably had similar to last year. It feels really good. I think that I can take it as a positive week and I actually feel like I’m heading in a good direction again."

"I’m rewatching my matches from the US Open (last year) and there are certain moments where I was given a lot of gifts or maybe they got a bit tight. I think I have improved as a player."

"I’m finding this sort of freedom in my swinging. I think that I achieved something great, of course, but I was playing completely free and I’m starting to do that again."