Emma Raducanu has brought her fine hard-court form from Washington to Montreal, and she looks set to face her\u00a0biggest test yet in the third round.<\/p>\n
The 2021 US Open champion, who was a semi-finalist in DC last week,\u00a0delivered a strong display to see off world No 37 Peyton Stearns 6-2, 6-4 in the second round in Canada on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n In her opening match at the WTA 1000 event, Raducanu beat her good friend Elena-Gabriela Ruse by the same scoreline<\/a>, and she will\u00a0next take on another player she is close to: Amanda Anisimova.<\/p>\n Anisimova<\/a> is at a career-high ranking of\u00a0world No 7 after her recent Wimbledon runner-up result, which was her maiden Grand Slam final appearance.<\/p>\n It will be Raducanu<\/a>\u2018s third encounter with the 23-year-old American, and she leads the head-to-head 2-0, with both previous clashes also played on hard courts.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old Brit won their first match 6-3, 7-5 in the second round of the Australian Open in January after battling back from being a break down in both sets.<\/p>\n In the second showdown, Raducanu dominated to prevail 6-1, 6-3 in the last 16 of the Miami Open in March.<\/p>\n Prior to that first meeting in Melbourne,\u00a0Raducanu and Anisimova both spoke about their friendship.<\/p>\n Raducanu<\/strong>: \u201cUsually when we\u2019re hanging out, we\u2019re not talking about tennis.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s good to keep it that way. I think we\u2019re going to be playing each other many more times in the future. This is the first time.<\/p>\n \u201cI think she\u2019s a tough opponent. She took some time out, obviously, off the tour, for sort of mental health reasons and just to find herself again.\u201d<\/p>\n Anisimova:<\/strong> \u201cShe\u2019s a friend of mine so it will be a bit interesting but I\u2019m sure that we will both give it our all and I\u2019m looking forward to the battle.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve both been around the tour. We\u2019re the same age. We also have a mutual friend, Priscilla Hon. We\u2019ve hung out a few times all together. She\u2019s a nice girl.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s always bringing a good energy into the room. Also an amazing competitor.\u201d<\/p>\n Former world No 1 predicts if Emma Raducanu can win another Grand Slam title<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Emma Raducanu dealt honest verdict on her US Open chances after Citi DC Open run<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Following her win in Australia, Raducanu said:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly difficult whenever you play a friend. It adds another dimension to the match, and not necessarily a pleasant one. It\u2019s really difficult to put all things off court aside, but I managed to do a great job today.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s such an amazing opponent who has had so many big wins, so I knew I had to fight hard, raise my game and not go away in the second set even when the chips were down. I\u2019m just really pleased and I wished her all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n After the match in Miami, where Anisimova was troubled by her wrist, Raducanu said: \u201cPlaying Amanda is never easy, she\u2019s had some amazing wins, top 20 and won a Masters this year.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s playing great tennis and I hope her wrist, or something, is okay. I felt something was maybe going down on the other side.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd, it\u2019s really difficult to stay focused when your opponent is making some errors and then all of a sudden, [is] just blasting the lines and winners, and you have no idea what\u2019s going on!<\/p>\n \u201cI think those matches, it\u2019s almost tougher to stay so \u2018on\u2019 the whole time, because when things are, in a way, more \u2018normal\u2019, you have to be locked in every single point. I\u2019m really proud of how I came through that.\u201d<\/p>\n The third round matchup between\u00a0Anisimova and Raducanu in Canada is expected to be played on Friday, with the order of play yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n The winner of the match will face either 10th seed Elina Svitolina or 31st-ranked Anna Kalinskaya in the last 16.<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Emma Raducanu reaching top 10 \u2018totally disregarded\u2019 as \u2018an outlier\u2019 as she is set ranking target<\/a> The post Emma Raducanu\u2019s next Canadian Open opponent: friend and Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Raducanu has brought her fine hard-court form from Washington to Montreal, and she looks set to face her\u00a0biggest test yet in the third round. 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