*Emma Raducanu 4-6 7-6 0-1 Jessica Pegula
Pegula will serve first in this final set and gets going with a routine hold.
Raducanu has won a three-set match in this tournament, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro in a final-set tiebreak in the second round.
Jamie Braidwood27 March 2025 02:56
SECOND SET! Emma Raducanu 4-6 7-6 Jessica Pegula
Raducanu roars as she wins the tiebreak 7-3 to force the deciding set! That was dramatic but Raducanu raised her level again in the tiebreak, producing a series of attacking shots from the baseline.
Even more impressively, it came just a few minutes after Raducanu took a medical timeout and looked to be struggling with dizziness. Drama! We’re heading to a third.
Jamie Braidwood27 March 2025 02:52
TIEBREAK! Emma Raducanu 4-6 6-6 Jessica Pegula
Stunning from Raducanu! She attacks Pegula from side to side and finishes it off with the composed smash. 5-3.
Raducanu then finds the wide serve, and steers the forehand off-balance for a winner into the opposite corner! 6-3 and more set points!
PEGULA GOES LONG AND RADUCANU HAS LEVELLED THE MATCH!
Jamie Braidwood27 March 2025 02:50
TIEBREAK! Emma Raducanu 4-6 6-6 Jessica Pegula
Pegula gets off to a flyer with the first two points but Raducanu takes aim on a brave forehand and finds the inside on the line.
Raducanu then finds the serve-forehand combo, and puts away the backhand volley drive! She leads 3-2 and has found some aggressive play!
Make that 4-2 at the chance of ends! Pegula nets on the backhand!
Jamie Braidwood27 March 2025 02:47
TIEBREAK! Emma Raducanu 4-6 6-6 Jessica Pegula
More ice for Raducanu at the change of ends – around her neck and on both legs.
Pegula smoothly moves in to fire the forehand winner. Raducanu goes long on the return.
We’re heading to a second-set tiebreak as Raducanu drops a slice into the net. In between, Raducanu won an outrageous point on the defence.
Raducanu hit a really high level earlier in this set and just needs a sprinkling more to get over the line and force the decider.
Jamie Braidwood27 March 2025 02:44
Emma Raducanu 4-6 6-5 Jessica Pegula*
Raducanu digs in on the baseline and Pegula fires wide on the forehand.
These unforced errors will be gratefully accepted by Raducanu at this stage, as a Pegual return finds the net.
Raducanu moves in behind the serve to put away the backhand winner. That’s just what the doctor ordered. Speaking of, she’s back on court.
Jamie Braidwood27 March 2025 02:39
*Emma Raducanu 4-6 5-5 Jessica Pegula
Brilliant from Pegula, out-angling Raducanu on the backhand exchange and putting the winner away.
Three games in a row and she’s back level in this second set.
Jamie Braidwood27 March 2025 02:37
Emma Raducanu 4-6 5-4 Jessica Pegula*
Raducanu’s back on her feet. She’s still in a good position in this set: one game away from the third. Pegula to serve.
Jamie Braidwood27 March 2025 02:34
MEDICAL TIMEOUT! Raducanu calls the doctor
There are three people crowded around Raducanu, with multiple ice bags involved.
Raducanu though is smiling and nodding and looks to be better as this medical timeout runs out.
Jamie Braidwood27 March 2025 02:33
MEDICAL TIMEOUT! Raducanu calls the doctor
It’s awful timing for Raducanu, who has an ice towel wrapped around her neck and is now breathing very heavily. The doctor is also rolling a pack of ice on Raducanu’s left thigh. She’s eating banana and getting some fluids on board too.
In the previous match, Grigor Dimitrov was also struggling at the end of his three-set win. He too looked very dizzy.
Jamie Braidwood27 March 2025 02:30