Emma Raducanu has breezed into the third round of the 2025 US Open but now faces a tough test against Elena Rybakina today.
The Briton shot to prominence in 2021 when she became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam in the Open Era at Flushing Meadows.
But in the tournaments that have followed in New York, it’s been a barren run for Raducanu.
Prior to this week, the 22-year-old had not tasted victory at the US Open since her triumph, having succumbed to first-round exits in 2022 and 2024 and skipping the 2023 iteration due to surgery.
However, Raducanu has worked her way to regain the British number one ranking from Katie Boulter and is 35th in the world, her second-highest ranking since August 2022.
And she claimed her first US Open win in 1,443 days by breezing past World No. 130 Ena Shibahara in the first round.
She followed that up with another easy win over Janice Tjen, but now things will get a lot harder.
Raducanu takes on ninth seed and 2022 Wimbledon champion Rybakina next…
Raducanu vs Rybakina: Date and start time
Following opening matches against players well outside the top 100, Raducanu now faces a huge step up in class in Rybakina.
The World No. 10 thrashed Julieta Pareja in the opening round before being more tested by Tereza Valentova last time out.
Raducanu vs Rybakina will take place on Friday, August 29 at 4pm UK time at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Should she beat Rybakina, Raducanu would face either Jasmine Paolini or Marketa Vondrousova in the fourth round.
Emma Raducanu's projected US Open draw
R1 – Shibahara
R2 – Tjen
R3 – Rybakina
R4 – Paolini/Vondrousova
QF – Sabalenka/Mertens
SF – Pegula/Andreeva/Navarro
F – Swiatek/Gauff/Anisimova/Muchova
Raducanu vs Rybakina: How to watch
Tennis fans in the UK can watch all the action from the US Open on Sky Sports.
Their coverage on Wednesday begins at 3:30pm on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+.
The tennis on Sky Sports can also be watched via Now TV or the Sky Sports App.
Raducanu vs Rybakina: Head-to-head record
Raducanu has only faced Rybakina once in her professional career and it wasn’t an enjoyable experience.
They met in the first round of the 2022 Sydney Classic with Rybakina winning 6-0, 6-1 in just 55 minutes.
Rybakina has nine singles titles to Raducanu’s one and has a career-high ranking of third.
The 22-year-old faces a tough path in the opening stages of the tournamentGettyRaducanu vs Rybakina: What has been said?
Raducanu was ruthless on Louis Armstrong Stadium on Wednesday, setting a new record for her quickest Grand Slam win for the second round in a row.
The only concern was a few touches of her troublesome back, but Raducanu played down the significance, saying: “I just had a little bit of stiffness in the second set.
“I think I have been doing a lot of training and I’m just happy it didn’t affect me too much in the second set and I was still able to compete and to perform well and keep putting out good serves, good returns.”
Her serve was particularly impressive, with eight aces and a high first-serve percentage.
“I’m particularly happy because, on the court, I felt like my opponent was playing really good tennis,” said Raducanu of Tjen, who knocked out 24th seed Veronika Kudermetova in round one.
“I thought that she was very dangerous and any ball that I put mid-court was going to be punished. So I’m very pleased with how I kept dictating the points, I kept dictating the play and didn’t let her too often get her front foot on the court.
“She’s obviously been playing very well, done a lot of winning and took out Veronika in the first round. Of course I was on full alert playing today. I’m just very pleased with that performance.
“I thought that I served very well and I put quite a few aces on the board today. It always helps me when I’m serving well. It just kind of seeps into the rest of my game.”
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