Emma Raducanu\u2019s Wimbledon hopes were dented significantly after falling in the second round of her final warm-up event on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
World No 38 Raducanu<\/a>\u00a0was toppled 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4) by teen star Maya Joint<\/a> at the Eastbourne Open, the Australian prevailing in two hours and 33 minutes<\/p>\n Raducanu battled back to beat Ann Li in her opening-round match on Tuesday, though concerns were high about the 22-year-old\u2019s physical state, with her ongoing back spasm issue appearing to trouble her.<\/p>\n She was also visibly emotional on-court in the immediate aftermath of her win, and revealed afterwards in her press conference she had received some unspecified \u201cbad news\u201d before taking to court.<\/p>\n Despite that, the seventh seed was a hesitant favourite heading into her clash versus Joint, whom she beat at the Italian Open in May, though the Australian had beaten two-time Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur in round one in Eastbourne.<\/p>\n The pair twice traded breaks in a competitive opening set, before Raducanu sealed a crucial third break in the ninth game, ultimately holding with relative comfort to close out the opener.<\/p>\n Things appeared to be heading south after that for the 22-year-old, who was swatted aside in the second set and found herself 5-2, double break down in the decider.<\/p>\n Raducanu fought back and broke Joint twice as the Australian tried to serve out the match, and broke again at 6-5 when her opponent was attempting to serve it out for a third time.<\/p>\n But, ultimately, Joint was able to reach the first grass-court quarter-final of her career, holding her nerve in a tense tiebreak \u2013 and gain revenge from Rome.<\/p>\n Exclusive:\u00a0Chris Evert has won her toughest battle and now she wants others to follow her lead<\/a><\/p>\n Emma Raducanu reveals \u2018pretty bad news\u2019 as she breaks down in tears after Eastbourne win<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cToday was really tough. There were a lot of up and downs, a lot of momentum switches, but I\u2019m really glad I was able to tough it out in the end,\u201d said Joint.<\/p>\n \u201cI definitely remember that match [in Rome], it was a fun match to play, so I was looking forward to today.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a bit different because today\u2019s on grass. We both had to change our game\u2019s a little bit. I\u2019m really glad I was able to win this one.\u201d<\/p>\n Defeat means that Raducanu has contested five grass-court matches heading into Wimbledon, not an insignificant amount heading into the third Grand Slam event of the year.<\/p>\n However, the manner in which she fell to defeat in Eastbourne, coupled with ongoing physical struggles, may be a cause for concern for some.<\/p>\n Raducanu will return to court in the opening round of Wimbledon, with the Brit set to be in action on Monday or Tuesday.<\/p>\n Ranked 38th in the world, the 22-year-old has missed out on a seeding in the draw, meaning her fate is in the hands of the draw gods in terms of who she faces in round one.<\/p>\n Read Next<\/strong>:\u00a0BBC\u2019s full broadcast team for Wimbledon 2025: Regulars return as Nick Kyrgios axe confirmed<\/a><\/p>\n The post Emma Raducanu dealt major blow as Eastbourne Open hopes ended in Round 2<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Raducanu\u2019s Wimbledon hopes were dented significantly after falling in the second round of her final warm-up event on Wednesday. World No 38 Raducanu\u00a0was toppled 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4) by teen star Maya Joint at the Eastbourne Open, the Australian prevailing in two hours and 33 minutes Raducanu battled back to beat Ann Li in her […]<\/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-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","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=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n