Raducanu reaches third round in Montreal

Emma Raducanu won the Canadian Open straight sets to continue her momentum before the US Open in February.

Raducanu, the shock champion at the New York slam in 2021, won 6-2, 6-4, to advance to the third round.

After winning the Washington Open last week, the 22-year-old has won five of her six matches in the summer hard-court swing of North America.

32nd seed Stearns and her compatriot, 33-year-old Raducanu, has now won all three meetings against her because she proved too strong.

Before taking the serve of her opponent, she took her sixth set point after a break to take control of the first set.

Raducanu finished the second half break down, but he put together an impressive run of four straight games to win.

Raducanu praised his performance in that match as “absolutely amazing.”

She took advantage of my ability to concentrate on the second set, but I’m glad I prevailed over a formidable opponent and I’m happy to stay in Montreal.