Emma Raducanu vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse: Score and latest Canadian Open updates

Telegraph

28-07-2025

6:51PM
Raducanu* 2-2 Ruse
Ruse is trying to take time away from Raducanu and push the Briton behind the baseline. It is a battle for court position at the moment.
Double fault from Raducanu makes it deuce. She exchanges words with her coach, Mark Petche,y who tells her to get up to the ball on the toss.
The advice works because she holds serve to level the set.
6:45PM
Raducanu 1-2 Ruse*
Ruse has certainly come to play in the early stages. Despite being 5'8' she packs plenty of power and blasts her way through another service game to hold.
6:42PM
Raducanu* 1-1 Ruse
A feature of Raducanu's play in Washington last week was her improved serve so we will keep an eye on those numbers tonight.
A Raducanu forehand hits the net cord and the ball drops on her side of the net, 15-30. A forehand long then gives Ruse two break points.
Raducanu saves the first with an unreturned first serve. And it is the same again on the second. A sigh of relief there. But she finds herself back under pressure when she shanks a forehand high and wide. Break point Ruse.
Saved by Raducanu after the longest rally of the match so far. Ruse is willing to go toe-to-toe with Raducanu from the baseline but eventually sends a forehand long.
Fourth break point comes and goes for Ruse. Then a fifth arrives when a deep return jams up Raducanu on the baseline. Clutch serving again by Raducanu keeps her alive in the game.
And finally Raducanu comes through the game when Ruse makes a return error. That was a key hold of serve.
6:31PM
Emma Raducanu 0-1 Elena-Gabriela Ruse* (*denotes server)
Aggressive start by Raducanu. A couple of clean strikes and she's up 0-30. Ruse responds to the early pressure with a forehand winner and unreturned first serve, 30-all.
And she comes through that test when Raducanu sends a return long.
6:27PM
Here we go!
About to get underway in Montreal. Big smile from Raducanu as she walks onto the court. Sparse crowd on Centre Court.
It is 29C with 42 per cent humidity so it's a warm one for the players. Raducanu won the coins and chose to receive.
6:23PM
Raducanu on her improved form
I think I have just been doing a lot of work consistently, just putting a lot of tennis in. Sometimes even if you don't feel good when you're practicing because you're doing a lot of hours and you don't feel like you're really pushing, it's all kind of hours banked.
I'm also doing, I think, a lot more focused work, and also, I think I'm serving better, and that helps a lot. I think I always returned pretty decent, but the element of just when I serve well, it does add another dimension to my game. I'm able to kind of start the points better and look for my forehand and get that into play a bit more and then dictate.
6:03PM
Raducanu makes Canadian debut
Hello and welcome to coverage of the Canadian Open as Emma Raducanu continues her preparations for next month's US Open.
The new British No 1 returns to action after reaching the semi-finals of the Citi Open last week. Her run was ended by Anna Kalinskaya on Saturday evening so it will be a quick turnaround for the Briton in Montreal this evening.
Raducanu is up to 33 in the world, putting her on the verge of a top 32 seed for the final major of the season in New York. Speaking last week, Raducanu said she was pleased with how her competitiveness has improved this year.
'I think the areas I have improved I think, one, my competitiveness,' she said. 'I think that's one of my bigger strengths when I am focused and in the zone. And I think that's something I found a lot more from, you know, March this year. I think I have been a lot more focused and competitive for each point and not being flat or defeated.
'And then I think the other thing, I think my serve has improved. Like, the last few matches I have been getting a lot more free points. And I know, like, whenever I have played well or had great results, that's been working really well.
'Then also I think just movement of my defensive skills have probably been the biggest improvement. I think I'm able to kind of dig out some points and stay in the points and use a bit more hand skills, slice, get an extra ball back.
'I think it tends, not every point, but some really important moments, it can help. I think that has improved the most.'
Tonight, she faces a close friend in Elena-Gabriela Ruse, a 27-year-old from Romania. Their only previous meeting took place last year in Auckland when Raducanu needed three sets to get over the line.