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HSBC Championships Round 3 Recap – London, June 12 2025
Unseeded Emma Raducanu stood alone as Britain’s last hope when she saved four of six break points and powered past Slovakia’s Rebecca Sramkova 6-4, 6-1 in just 76 minutes. Raducanu now faces top seed Qinwen Zheng, who battled McCartney Kessler 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in a two-hour marathon. Meanwhile No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina dismissed Heather Watson 6-4, 6-2 and will meet unseeded Tatjana Maria, and No. 5 Diana Shnaider rallied from a set down to beat Katie Boulter 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, setting up a showdown with No. 2 Madison Keys.
Give it up for the quarterfinalists 👏👏👏#HSBCChampionships pic.twitter.com/5molHt0OD2
— wta (@WTA) June 12, 2025
Libema Open Round 2 Recap – ’s-Hertogenbosch, June 12 2025
In the Netherlands, Canadian qualifier Carson Branstine couldn’t sustain her first-round shocker, falling 4-6, 3-6 to Elena-Gabriela Ruse, who advances to face Bianca Andreescu after the Canadian star defeated No. 7 Lulu Sun 6-0, 6-4 in just 65 minutes. Third seed Elise Mertens saved five of six break points in a dominant 6-3, 6-0 win over Maria Sakkari and will play Yue Yuan—victor over Kimberly Birrell 6-4, 6-3—while Dutch crowd-pleaser Suzan Lamens prevailed 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) against Ann Li.
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