{"id":20417,"date":"2025-08-11T19:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T23:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/emma-radukanu-loses-to-alina-sabalenka-in-the-cincinnati-round-round\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T19:05:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T23:05:35","slug":"emma-radukanu-loses-to-alina-sabalenka-in-the-cincinnati-round-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/emma-radukanu-loses-to-alina-sabalenka-in-the-cincinnati-round-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Radukanu loses to Alina Sabalenka in the Cincinnati round round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0811%2Fr1530540_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0811%2Fr1530540_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0811%2Fr1530540_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0811%2Fr1530540_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Emma Radukanu was knocked out of the Cincinnati Open and lost to world&#8217;s No. 1 Arena Sabalenka in a narrow third round clash.<\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s match was the pair&#8217;s second meeting after Sabalenka won the third round encounter at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>Another thrilling outing continued in Cincinnati. There, in an incredibly tight three-hour match, Radukanu took the 27-year-old to a three-set tiebreaker.<\/p>\n<p>In a tense finale, Sabalenka won to clinch a 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The road to the third round of the Raducanu contest saw him defeat Olga Danilovic in the previous match. She was joined by former Rafael Nadal coach Francis Roig.<\/p>\n<p>British No. 1 got off to a quick start and scored their first breakpoint in the second game of the opening set.<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka seemed to control the match and defeat Raducanu&#8217;s serve again to win four consecutive games, but Raducanu leveled up 4-4 and showed the strength to take 9 games following a long deuce.<\/p>\n<p>A tight fight allowed Sabalenka to set up a tiebreak, and she endured a solid resistance from Britti and clinched the first set in just under an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Another close contest followed as both players held their serves early in the second set, but Raducanu changed momentum by scoring breakpoints and gaining a lead in his seventh game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Coach Elena Rivakina has been cleared by WTA and is back from suspension<br \/>&#8211; Venus Williams in play next season: Don&#8217;t rule me out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Britt then stylishly provided the set with the ace to tie the match.<\/p>\n<p>Both players kept their serves, with 13 deuces made in the incredible eighth game, and it was impossible to distinguish the pairs across the third set as Sabalenka couldn&#8217;t convert the four breakpoints.<\/p>\n<p>The second match reached the tiebreaker, with Sabalenka narrowing it down to the next round at the second match point.<\/p>\n<p>The world&#8217;s No. 1 meets Jessica Boosas Maneiro in the 16th round after the Spaniard defeated Taylor Townsend on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Radukanu was knocked out of the Cincinnati Open and lost to world&#8217;s No. 1 Arena Sabalenka in a narrow third round clash. Monday&#8217;s match was the pair&#8217;s second meeting after Sabalenka won the third round encounter at Wimbledon. Another thrilling outing continued in Cincinnati. 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