Emma Raducanu defeats Magda Linette at Korea Open to reach first semi-final since winning US Open

Updated 23/09/2022 at 09:49 GMT

British teenager Emma Raducanu won three consecutive matches for the first time since her remarkable US Open triumph back in September last year. Her latest victory came on Friday in the quarter-finals of the Korea Open, winning 6-2 6-2 against Polish world No. 51 Magda Linette. The 19-year-old will now play in the semi-finals on Saturday. Stream the 2022 Laver Cup exclusively live on discovery+.

Britain's Emma Raducanu reacts

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Emma Raducanu defeated Magda Linette in the quarter-finals of the Korean Open in straight sets, 6-2 6-2.

The win for the teenage Briton is the first time she has won three consecutive matches since her sensational US Open triumph last year, after a season in which she struggled to match her 2021 form from New York.

Raducanu has been working with Dmitry Tursunov, her Russian coach, since July.

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The 19-year-old won four of the five break points she forced and kept her service game tight, with 93% points won on her first serve, as she rarely looked threatened by her Polish opponent.

Raducanu had won her previous match 6-3 7-5 against Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer to earn the chance to beat the world No. 51.

She will play the winner of Jelena Ostapenko's match with Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva on Saturday.

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