Emma Raducanu revealed that she felt “weak and stunned” during her defeat Jessica Pegula in the quarter -finals of Miami Open.
An impressive ralucanu race in Florida was interrupted by the fourth seed While Pegula emerged in three sets to reach the last four of Wta event.
A hardened contest saw the 22 -year -old British player fighting to level the match despite a medical time in the second set.
Raducanu had reached an advantage of 5-2 when she retaliated after losing the first but left four adjustment points to slide, and had to have her blood pressure and pulse checked after calling for a medical waiting period before finally prevailing in an equality break. Pegula was then able to progress with a margin of 6-2 in the final set.
“I really felt dizzy,” said Raducanu Tennisone After the defeat. “I felt bad.
“It was very wet there and we had a long wait, so maybe it was just an accumulation. (There were) just physical points too, with long rallies and heavy conditions. I don’t know how I gathered in this second set but, in the third, I definitely fought a little.”
The two players had endured a period of two hours at the expected start time while the organizers worked to erase a backwards of matches in Miami, the couple brought to justice around 9 p.m.
The meeting was The first quarter -final of Raducanu at the WTA 1000 levelWith the winner of the US Open of 2021, which certainly encourages a productive race which saw him beat the seeds Emma Navarro and Amanda Anisimova.
The 22 -year -old worked without full -time coach in Miami with Mark Petchey and Jane O’Donoghue offer informal support at the tournament.
Raducanu is then likely to be on the ground when Great Britain will play in the Billie Jean King Cup in the Netherlands on April 11 and 12, before the season of Clay courts started completely later this month.
“I think I just have to take a break and reassess what I do,” said Raducanu. “This week was good, but I just have to understand things and then I will make a plan from there.”
