Emma Raducanu opened up on an \u201cincredible\u201d week for her following her Queen\u2019s Club final loss to Donna Vekic.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old was completely outplayed in the first set as the Croatian took the opener 6-0 on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Vekic was unable to maintain her hugely impressive opening set level, as Raducanu upped her game and raced into a 5-2 lead.<\/p>\n
However, the 29-year-old punished the Brit\u2019s inability to close out the set and eventually, the contest went to a tie-break.<\/p>\n
Vekic held her nerve and ended up winning 6-0 7-6 (8-6) as the lucky loser ensured that Raducanu\u2019s wait for her second title \u2013 after her 2021 US Open triumph \u2013 continued.<\/p>\n
Queen\u2019s Club: How many ranking points and prize money did Donna Vekic and Emma Raducanu earn?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Emma Raducanu schedule: Next tournament and draw as as she looks to continue good form after Queen\u2019s Club final<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Raducanu<\/a>\u2018s run to the final earned her 325 rankings points, meaning she is up to 31st, while Vekic\u2019s 500 points lifts her to 32nd.<\/p>\n Following her defeat, the Brit said on the Andy Murray Arena,\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible week for me, making the final here, playing in my home city, in my home tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cThe support I have received all week has been incredible but I really want to take this opportunity to thank everyone.<\/p>\n \u201cToday was a really tough match. Donna played extremely well from the start to the finish. So thanks for getting me through some tough moment this week and also for helping me push back in that second set.\u201d<\/p>\n There was no women\u2019s event staged at Queen\u2019s Club between 1974 and 2024, before Tatjana Maria won the returning tournament in 2025.<\/p>\n And\u00a0Raducanu also sent a message of sorts to Queen\u2019s Club saying she hoped the event would stay \u201cfor years to come\u201d.<\/p>\n Vekic, who lost in qualifying before being given a reprieve and taking it in spectacular fashion, said she was \u201cjealous\u201d how men got to play at Queen\u2019s Club when she was growing up.<\/p>\n So now that she is on the winner\u2019s list, a dream has come true for the Croat.<\/p>\n She said,\u00a0\u201cWow, first of all congrats Emma on such a great week. You are such an incredible player and I wish you and your team all of the best for the remainder of the grass season.<\/p>\n \u201cGrowing up and watching the tour I was always jealous of the boys having a chance to play at this amazing club.<\/p>\n \u201cI am very grateful that since last year we have had the opportunity to play here as well. Thank you to everyone who made this happen, we really enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n GO DEEPER: Stuttgart Open: How much prize money and ranking points did Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz earn?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Emma Raducanu reacts after Donna Vekic defeat and sends message to Queen\u2019s Club<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Raducanu opened up on an \u201cincredible\u201d week for her following her Queen\u2019s Club final loss to Donna Vekic. The 23-year-old was completely outplayed in the first set as the Croatian took the opener 6-0 on Sunday afternoon. Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Vekic was unable to maintain her hugely impressive opening set level, as Raducanu upped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}