Britain’s Emma Raducanu is thru to the quarter-finals of the ladies’s singles on the Washington Open after beating four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka in straight units.
After beforehand upsetting Ukrainian seventh seed Marta Kostyuk in spherical one, the 22-year-old produced a dominant efficiency to beat former world primary Osaka 6-4 6-2.
The 2021 US Open girls’s singles champion will face wildcard Maria Sakkari within the final eight after the Greek participant knocked out American second seed Emma Navarro.
Raducanu, who will change Katie Boulter as British primary when the WTA rankings are up to date on Monday, can also be via to the semi-finals of the ladies’s doubles.
She and accomplice Elena Rybakina overcame Giuliana Olmos and Aldila Sutjiadi 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 to arrange a last-four assembly with second seeds Shuai Zhang and Taylor Townsend.
American Venus Williams, who grew to become the second oldest girl to win a WTA Tour-level match earlier within the week, misplaced 6-2 6-2 to Polish fifth seed Magdalena Frech.
And within the males’s singles, Britons Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans had been eradicated within the final 16.
British quantity two Norrie misplaced to 14th seed Brandon Nakashima 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.
After a good first set was determined by a tie-break, American Nakashima twice broke Norrie’s serve within the second to achieve the quarter-finals.
Evans, who received the match in 2023, fought again from 5-3 down and saved a match level to drive a tie-break within the second set in opposition to Corentin Moutet however the Frenchman prevailed in straight units, successful 6-2 7-6 (7-4).
