Emma Raducanu vs Peyton Stearns: Score and latest Canadian Open updates

Telegraph

7 days ago

Good evening and welcome to third-round coverage of Emma Raducanu versus Peyton Stearns at the Canadian Open.
Raducanu is enjoying a good North American hard-court swing so far following her semi-final showing in Washington last week. The British No 1 won three matches in the American capital without dropping a set, before succumbing to eventual runner-up Anna Kalinskaya.
The world No 33 is playing in Montreal for only the second time in her career. Her first appearance at the WTA 1000 event, in 2022, ended in defeat to Italian Camila Giorgi in the second round – the Briton who was then ranked 10 in the world received a first-round bye as the ninth seed.
This year, an unseeded Raducanu started her campaign in the first round where she saw off good friend Elena-Gabriela Ruse in straight sets – 6-2, 6-4. Afterwards, the Briton spoke about how pleased she was to secure the win.
'I'm happy to have come through that. I know Elena and she's a very good friend of mine. It's very difficult to play someone that you're close to,' said the 22-year-old during her on-court interview. 'I'm really proud of how I put that to one side for the match and also backed up a good week last week in DC and performed well today.'
Stearns, the American world No 37 who is the 32nd seed in Montreal, is searching for her first win on the North American hard courts following a first-round exit at the Citi Open last week. Stearns, 23, fell to 45-year-old seven-time grand slam champion Venus Williams in straight sets.
Raducanu leads the head-to-head 2-0 coming into this one. Those two matches were both played on hard courts last year, first in DC where Raducanu won 7-6, 6-2 and in Korea where the Briton secured victory in two tie-break sets.