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Emma Raducanu vs Daria Snigur LIVE: Latest score and updates from Nottingham

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Emma Raducanu progressed through to the quarter-finals of the Rothesay Open in Nottingham with a straight-sets victory over Ukraine’s Daria Snigur.

In a match where she produced 10 aces and won six games in a row in the first set, it was a good performance from Raducanu, who won 6-2 6-2 over Snigur, who is an experienced grass court player.

Raducanu is fully underway with her grass court preparations as she hopes to peak in time for Wimbledon this July and is growing in both confidence and fitness following a six-week absence. She skipped the French Open after a first-round defeat at the Madrid Open choosing instead to focus on the grass court season and ‘keep fit for the rest of the year’.

Her first round match in Nottingham saw her easily sweep past Japanese opponent Ena Shibahara, winning 6-1 6-4 in straight sets though she was displeased at some “insane” line calls.

Follow all the latest updates from Nottingham below:

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Emma Raducanu is into the quarter-finals after beating Daria Snigur in straight sets

Raducanu on the run of six games: “It’s very important, because tennis I feel is a game of momentum and you really have to capitalise when you’re feeling the run, whether that’s games in a row, matches in a row, or tournaments in a row, because wins and games are really hard to come by.

“So when you’re up, you have to stay on it and then you almost have this feeling like ‘something is going to go wrong’ but it’s about trying to shut that one out and do whatever you can with the tactics, to pull ahead.”

Sonia Twigg13 June 2024 13:17

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Emma Raducanu is into the quarter-finals after beating Daria Snigur in straight sets

Emma Raducanu: “It was an extremely tricky match. I knew from before I came on that I needed to be on it today because Daria is a really good grass court player especially, she won junior Wimbledon, and I played with her in the juniors growing up.

“I know how tricky she can be to play and how unorthodox she is playing, so it’s really difficult, but I’m really happy with the way I managed it and came through.”

Sonia Twigg13 June 2024 13:10

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Emma Raducanu is into the quarter-finals after beating Daria Snigur in straight sets

Emma Raducanu showcased some of her best tennis, and definitely her best serves, producing at least 10 aces during the two-set contest.

Daria Snigur played well, and is used to playing on grass, but after losing the first two games of the match, Raducanu fought back to win six on a row and take the first set.

In the second, she started in the same manner she finished the first, and consistently looked to attack the Snigur serve, and was rewarded with a key victory for what has already been an injury-hit couple of years.

Sonia Twigg13 June 2024 13:04

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Emma Raducanu 6-2 6-2 Daria Snigur – GAME, SET, MATCH

Raducanu produces another serve to take the game to deuce, then sets up match point, but she misses an attempted cross-court backhand winner, and the game goes back to deuce.

Snigur has another break opportunity to save the match, and again it’s saved by Raducanu.

The Briton has a second match point, and again Snigur saves it, by coming to the net with a volleyed winner.

Raducanu carves out a third match point, and this time she does take it! Raducanu whips a wide forehand and Snigur cannot get the ball back.

The British player is into the quarter-finals of the Nottingham Open.

Sonia Twigg13 June 2024 13:02

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Emma Raducanu 6-2 5-2 Daria Snigur – DEUCE

Raducanu is serving for the match, and takes the first point, but Snigur produces a backhand down the line to level the game at 15-15.

Snigur goes ahead at 15-30, and she’s not out of this yet, but again another big ace from Raducanu, straight down the line and the game is level.

Raducanu puts too much into a backhand and it leaves her a bit flat-footed to reach another backhand winner from Snigur, to set up a break point.

Sonia Twigg13 June 2024 12:59

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Emma Raducanu 6-2 5-2 Daria Snigur

Raducanu has a chance to kill the match off now, she’s 0-30 up on Snigur’s serve, and a sliced serve is returned deep which the Ukrainian cannot return in.

Raducanu has three break points, Snigur saves the first, but she can’t do anything about the second, and the Briton is in pole position.

Sonia Twigg13 June 2024 12:52

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Emma Raducanu 6-2 4-2 Daria Snigur

Snigur takes the first point on Raducanu’s serve, and the clapping from the fans is a bit more muted, but the Brit is level after a relatively lengthy baseline rally exchange.

Raducanu produces a stunning backhand to carve out a winning point down the line, and that does deserve a fist pump!

Snigur has a break point at 30-40, after one just slid away from Raducanu, but the Brit produces a big serve to take the game to deuce.

But Snigur plays the ball down the line after Raducanu was caught between the lines having come in for a drop shot, and will have a second break point.

Again, it’s saved by a big serve from Raducanu, and a backhand slice to follow up, gives her the game point, and she takes the game with another wide serve, her 10th ace.

Sonia Twigg13 June 2024 12:49

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Emma Raducanu 6-2 3-2 Daria Snigur

Snigur takes the first point, but after a discussion with the umpire when her serve was called out,m she has to set herself.

A wild forehand when the net pushed the ball back into the court sees the server move 30-0 ahead, and then to three game points.

Raducanu just gets a racket to that one and Snigur holds to love!

Sonia Twigg13 June 2024 12:39

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Emma Raducanu 6-2 3-1 Daria Snigur

Raducanu takes the first point of her service game as Snigur returns wide, but she loses the next two points.

Another ace makes it 30-30, she has performed well on her serve today, and another deep serve into the corner gives the Brit the game point at 40-30.

A good forehand from Snigur takes this game to deuce, and another big ace gives Raducanu the advantage again, and she takes the game with the next serve that Snigur cannot return.

Sonia Twigg13 June 2024 12:37

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Emma Raducanu 6-2 2-1 Daria Snigur – BREAK

Raducanu then attacks Snigur’s serve to take the first point of the next game, but the Ukrainian fights back to move into a 30-15 lead, and sets up game point with an open forehand down the line.

But Raducanu is not out of this yet, winning two points in a row to take the game to deuce.

Another strange bounce and Raducanu can just fend the ball off her racket and straight into the turf, but she will have another chance by winning the next point for a second deuce.

Snigur with another advantage after a return comes of the frame of Raducanu’s racket, but the Brit takes it to a third deuce with a powerful forehand.

This time, Raducanu has the advantage, and she will take the break thanks to a Snigur double fault.

Sonia Twigg13 June 2024 12:31

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