Emma Raducanu dismissed claims that she was tired or anything like that during a brutal Eastbourne quarterfinal defeat, saying the loss came more because of the tricky conditions.
On Wednesday, Raducanu survived a real marathon and thriller after outlasting No. 2 seed Jessica Pegula 4-6 7-6 (6) 7-5 in nearly three hours of play. After securing her first-ever top-10 win, Raducanu hit the court again on Thursday for her quarterfinal match. But against sixth-seeded Kasatkina, Raducanu was far away from her best game and making a lot of mistakes, which led to some believing that she was tired and exhausted from the Pegula match.
But after the heavy defeat, Raducanu said the wind was causing her difficulties and made it hard for her to play her game.
“Yeah, I wasn’t tired at all. I was feeling really good. I think I just dealt with the circumstances badly. Yeah, was very inflexible in my approach. Like, that’s my honest reflection of the match. But physically I’m in a really good spot, and yeah, I could easily go and train now or train tomorrow. Like, I’m fine,” Raducanu said.
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