- Raducanu won three clay games on the spin to reach the fourth round
- GAUFF has outlined the Briton in Rome 6-1 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals in Rome
The world n ° 3 Coco Gauff ended the resurgence of Emma Raducanu at the Italian Open, displaying a dominant display to defeat the Briton in two sets and move in the quarter -finals in Rome.
Gauff, who is the favorite to win the competition, beat the 23-year-old in a fairly comfortable way, 6-1 6-2, to refuse Raducanu the possibility of becoming British n ° 1.
Raducanu – classified 49th in the world – entered the fourth lap of a confident mood after an impressive victory back on Russia Veronika Kudermetova, setting up a battle with the American star.
And if she had managed to pass GAUFF, the US OPEN ONCE champion would have recovered her status as a British tennis star star from Katie Boulter
However, the American was simply too good. Raducanu was broken at the beginning of the first set and could never recover; The Gauff pedigree on the surface of the clay was just too far away.
Despite the defeat, the Raducanu race in the fourth round will serve as encouragement before the French Open, where it is likely to play Roland-Garros at the end of the month.
Emma Raducanu was eliminated from the Italian opening in the fourth round
More to follow.
