Britain’s Emma Raducanu continued her Wimbledon preparations by cruising into the quarter-finals of the Nottingham Open with a straight-set win over Ukraine’s Daria Snigur.
Raducanu – taking part in solely her second match since April after deciding to skip the French Open to give attention to her health – made mild work of the world quantity 127 to win 6-2 6-2.
She’s going to face compatriot Fran Jones or American Ashlyn Krueger within the final eight.
Within the males’s Challenger occasion, Cameron Norrie suffered a shock 1-6 6-4 6-4 loss to world quantity 773 Jack Pinnington Jones.
Raducanu, 21, made a shaky begin to the second-round match as her 22-year-old opponent broke her serve within the opening recreation.
Each gamers then held serve earlier than former US Open champion Raducanu reeled off six video games in a row – together with a double break – to win the primary set.
After ceding the primary recreation, Raducanu’s serve was significantly spectacular. She despatched down 11 aces due to a new-look motion she has adopted since reuniting with childhood coach Nick Cavaday.
On her serve, Raducanu stated: “I’ve been engaged on each a part of my recreation however the serve is essential.
“I don’t have a look at the velocity gun however after I elevate my recreation it’s good to get a few free factors.
“Initially of the yr, I didn’t handle to get that. When taking part in the highest opponents like Iga [Swiatek] or Aryna [Sabalenka] you then want a primary serve.”
Snigur additionally discovered it troublesome to deal with the ability Raducanu produced from her groundstrokes, most notably her forehand.
Raducanu had been unhappy with a number of line calls during her first-round win over Japan’s Ena Shibahara, and he or she was seen questioning umpire Thomas Sweeney throughout the win over Snigur.
However the world quantity 209 put her frustration apart to make it back-to-back wins for the third time this yr as she builds as much as Wimbledon, which begins on 1 July.