Emma Raducanu exited Eastbourne just a day after earning her first-ever top-10 win as the 21-year-old suffered a quarterfinal loss to Daria Kasatkina.
Following a Nottingham semifinal result and starting her Eastbourne run with very strong wins over Sloane Stephens and No. 2 seed Jessica Pegula, Raducanu probably played her worst match of this year’s grass season on Thursday.
Going into the match, many were giving Raducanu a small edge considering her recent form. But No. 6 seed Kasatkina’s win was never a doubt as the Russian dismantled the Briton 6-2 6-2 to set up a semifinal against Jasmine Paolini.
Throughout the entire match, Raducanu was struggling to find her game and making mistakes, which led to an easy loss.
How Kasatkina ousted Raducanu?
Raducanu served out the opening game of the match but then Kasatkina went on to claim back-to-back breaks and win the next five games. With Raducanu serving to stay in the first set, Kasatkina had four set points but the Briton managed to save those chances and prolong the first set.
However, missing four set points had no impact on Kasatkina, who routinely served out for the first set in the eighth game.
After getting bounced in the first set,…
