It seems that everything clicked for Emma Raducanu at the 2022 Korea Open in Seoul, her best tournament this season.
The last year's US Open champion couldn't win more than 2 consecutive matches throughout the 2022, but that changed at the 2022 Korea Open in Seoul. First, Emma Raducanu defeated Moyuka Uchijima, then Yanina Wickmayer, before taking on the third-seeded Magda Linette in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
The higher-ranked Pole was a slight favourite in the match, but that didn't mean much to Raducanu, who is trying to earn some ranking points after a major drop. The Brit started with a break and added another one as she gained an early 4-0 lead in the first set.
Both players then remained solid on their service games and so Raducanu eventually won the first set 6-2. In the second set, Linette started by winning the first 7 points of the set, but that wasn't enough for her to get a break.
On the other hand, right after the Pole's streak, Raducanu started her 8-point streak and eventually got two breaks also in the second set to win the match 6-2, 6-2 in just an hour and 16 minutes.
A performance that fans were used to seeing from her last year in Flushing Meadows and it seems that former world number 10 may be finally back. In the semifinals, she will take on winner of the match between top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko and another teen sensation 17-years-old Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva.
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