Towards the tip of one other fruitful, promising foray on the WTA tour final week, Emma Raducanu discovered herself staring down what’s quick changing into the last word problem in her sport. Throughout the online within the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open stood Iga Swiatek, the world No 1, on the floor that has most outlined her profession so far.
For greater than two hours, Raducanu went toe-to-toe with the very best participant of her era on clay, her degree in flip scary the very best out of Swiatek, who performed a chic tie-break to narrowly edge out the primary set earlier than closing it out in two. After her nice…