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Toronto Star
an hour ago
- Sport
- Toronto Star
Emma Raducanu beats Naomi Osaka at the DC Open to win their first matchup
WASHINGTON (AP) — Emma Raducanu dominated her first career matchup against Naomi Osaka, winning the showdown at the D.C. Open on Thursday between past U.S. Open champions 6-4, 6-2. Raducanu, the only qualifier to claim a Grand Slam title when she did that in New York in 2021, saved the only two break points she faced and managed to break the big-serving Osaka three times.
Washington Post
an hour ago
- Sport
- Washington Post
Emma Raducanu beats Naomi Osaka at the DC Open to win their first matchup
WASHINGTON — Emma Raducanu dominated her first career matchup against Naomi Osaka , winning the showdown at the D.C. Open on Thursday between past U.S. Open champions 6-4, 6-2. Raducanu, the only qualifier to claim a Grand Slam title when she did that in New York in 2021, saved the only two break points she faced and managed to break the big-serving Osaka three times.
Axios
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Axios
Citi Open stars compete for D.C. finale, plus more weekend events
Tennis is heating up at the Mubadala Citi DC Open through its finale on Sunday. Why it matters: Live out local Wimbledon vibes at the District's premium professional tennis tournament. Catch up quick: The tournament started last weekend at the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, featuring stars like Naomi Osaka and Taylor Fritz and pop-up food stalls from Taco Bamba and more. Venus Williams takes on Magdalena Fręch Thursday night, while DMV star Frances Tiafoe, ranked #11 in the world, plays Flavio Cobolli for the chance to make the semifinals. Tickets are available online through Sunday, running from the low to high hundreds. More things to do this weekend: 🧒 Kids World is back at Franklin Park on Saturday and Sunday, and D.C. says it's bigger than ever. Family-friendly activities for toddlers and tweens include a kid concert, a superhero workout, storytime, a make-your-own-bear workshop, and more. Free admission 🎤 The DMV Made Festival celebrates local performers on the National Mall on Saturday, including hip-hop, go-go, soul and rock concerts and a family game zone. Free admission 🪕 Armenian folk band Armadi Tsayn is bringing a performance to Shanklin Hall on Saturday evening. Tickets $35 in advance or $40 at the door. 🎡 For suburban fun, the Loudoun County Fair's got country music, a demolition derby, and wine and beer tasting. Check the schedule; adult tickets are $16.50.
Telegraph
3 hours ago
- Sport
- Telegraph
Live Emma Raducanu vs Naomi Osaka: Score and latest updates from Washington Open
6:36PM Raducanu 4-3 Osaka* Osaka, looking to stop Raducanu in her tracks, races to 30-0 before getting the better of the Briton in an extended exchange from the baseline to go 40-0. Raducanu does get on the board but Osaka sees out the game to 15. 6:32PM Raducanu* 4-2 Osaka Quick love-hold sees Raducanu consolidate the break. The Briton leads 4-2! 6:30PM Raducanu breaks first There have been a lot of winners so far from both players as the temperature heats up on court in Washington. The serve is going to be very important, but other than Naomi Osaka being taken to deuce in her opening service game, until the fifth game of the opener, neither player came close to taking the first break. With two break points, Emma Raducanu was almost gifted it with the double fault, but to make it count she has to now go on and close out the set. 6:28PM Raducanu 3-2 Osaka* A good return from Raducanu sets up the point nicely for the Briton who gets to 0-30 following an Osaka double fault. The Japanese gets on the board after a good serve out wide catches Raducanu out. Osaka sees a forehand sail wide to give Raducanu two break points... and the Briton breaks as Osaka double faults again. Raducanu breaks! 6:25PM Raducanu* 2-2 Osaka Raducanu nets a forehand to fall 0-15 behind before some attacking play from the baseline sees Osaka scampering at the back of the court. Backhand winner down the line sees Raducanu get to 30-15 but Osaka wins the next point with a deep forehand to the backhand wing to put some pressure on the Raducanu serve. The Briton finds big first serve to bring up game point and she takes it to level up the contest. 6:20PM Raducanu 1-2 Osaka* Some good serving sees Osaka roll through her second service game, holding to 15 to maintain her lead in this contest. Both players have settled quickly into proceedings. 6:18PM Raducanu* 1-1 Osaka Raducanu comes through her first service game, holding to 15 to get on the board. The Briton got a clap of approval from her Japanese opponent following a forehand winner. 6:14PM First set: Emma Raducanu 0-1 Naomi Osaka* Osaka starts with a double-fault before seeing Raducanu net a forehand to go 15-15. After some sparring from the baseline, Osaka picks her spot with a clean forehand winner to go 30-15 ahead before Raducanu hits a clean return winner to go 30-30. An ace gets Osaka to 40-30 and the former world No 1 eventually closes out the game. 6:07PM Coin toss Naomi Osaka won the toss and has elected to serve. 6:03PM First-time meeting Good evening and welcome to second-round coverage of Emma Raducanu versus Naomi Osaka at the Mubadala Citi DC Open. Raducanu saw off seventh seed Marta Kostyuk in straight sets – 7-6, 6-4 – on Tuesday. It was the Briton's first outing since Wimbledon, where she fell to world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third round. Speaking after her victory over the Ukrainian, Raducanu said: 'Extremely good win. Playing Marta first round is extremely difficult and we've always had some tough matches. I'm happy with the way I fought through the first set and in the second, stayed tough when I needed to. 'It's really difficult and extremely important to keep composure and it's such a fine balance in these conditions, where it's so hot, between conserving energy in the heat but also not getting too flat – and that was a fine line I was dipping in and out of.' Osaka was just as impressive against Yulia Putintseva in her Washington opener, beating the Kazakh 6-2, 7-5. The four-time grand slam champion and former world No 1 is looking forward to facing Raducanu for the first time. 'I'm always a person that loves when people are entertained,' said Osaka speaking during her post-match press conference in DC. 'So I would say I'm excited about it. I've never played her before, so for me, that's something really cool too. 'Because I have seen her, I guess when she first did well at Wimbledon before she won the US Open, like moments like that, and I knew she was a good player. So I guess for our paths to finally cross is really cool.'
Daily Mail
8 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Emma Raducanu made favourite to beat Naomi Osaka by Sky Bet - as tasty RequestABet is offered at 275/1 for Wimbledon final repeat
Emma Raducanu faces her first-ever showdown with Naomi Osaka in the Washington Open on Thursday evening. Raducanu has a shot at reclaiming her British No 1 status and setting up a quarter-final clash with Maria Sakkari. In her first match since losing to Aryna Sabalenka in the third round at Wimbledon, she saw off world No 27 Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (4), 6-4 in an encouraging start to her US Open build-up. And Sky Bet make Raducanu favourite to beat Osaka, with odds of 8/11 to win, while the Japanese star is 1/1 to advance. There are multiple popular Request ABets going for the clash, and the most dramatic is at 275/1. That asks Osaka to win 6-0, 6-0, just like Iga Swiatek did against Amanda Anisimova in the women's final at Wimbledon. At the other end of the scale, the most likely RequestABet is priced at 25/1, which is for Raducanu to win 6-3, 6-3. Sky Bet odds for Emma Raducanu vs Naomi Osaka Raducanu to win 8/11 Osaka to win 1/1 Selected RequestABets Raducanu to win 6-0, 6-0 225/1 Raducanu to win 6-3, 6-3 25/1 All odds are correct at the time of publication
