Emma Raducanu: British No. 1 undergoes a strong defeat against the finalist of Wimbledon Amanda Anisimova in Montreal | Tennis news
Emma Raducanu was thrown out of the National Bank Open in Montreal when she was beaten 6-2-6-1 by the fifth American seeded Amanda Anisimova.
Raducanu had won their two previous meetings, but rarely looked like this race when she was holding her service only once in one or the other set.
The Briton will now have a little time before heading to play Cincinnati where she will be sown and a first goodbye.
Anisimova came from 40 to 15 to break the service of Raducanu in the second match of the match and, although the British No. 1 found themselves immediately, she could not shape another point of break in the competition.
Anisimova was again broken to do it 3-1 and added a third break to conclude the whole.
His domination continued in the second set while Raducanu won only eight points on his own service, avoiding laundering after losing the first five games before Anisimova served a place in the fourth round.
Anisimova, currently classified n ° 7 in the world, has now won 14 of its last 17 games since the start of the Grass Court season and the victory was its 29th consecutive when it won the first set.
She will face the 10th seeded Elina Svitolina or Anna Kalinskaya in the last 16.
Wimbledon champion IGA SwiTEK Need just over an hour to fill a 6-2 6-2 victory over the Eva Lys of Germany, but Jessica Pegula’s offer for a third consecutive title in Montreal was finished by Le Monde n ° 386 Anastasia Sevastova.
Latvian, a former world n ° 11 who had long spells on maternity leave and with a torn ACL, beat the third seeded 3-6 6-4 6-1.
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