Raducanu battles to win over Stearns at Korea Open

Emma Raducanu earned a hard-fought triumph successful a "tough" lucifer against Peyton Stearns successful nan first information of nan Korea Open successful Seoul.

The Briton, who is number 70 successful nan world, was playing her first lucifer since her opening-round US Open exit and emerged a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) victor against her 48th-ranked American force aft 2 hours and 43 minutes.

"I'm proud to person made it done to nan adjacent round. It was reliable and very humid," said Raducanu.

"It was a reliable lucifer to get through. I haven't played galore matches successful nan past fewer months.

"Peyton is simply a really bully subordinate successful bully shape truthful I'm really pleased."

Raducanu started powerfully by breaking Stearns successful nan opening crippled and, contempt losing nan adjacent crippled connected her serve, again collapsed her force to lead 2-1.

It was a motion of things to travel arsenic location were 8 breaks of service successful a fluctuating first set, which Raducanu yet won connected a tie-break aft 74 minutes.

Both players saved break points successful nan 2nd group earlier Raducanu took 1 to lead 5-3.

However, successful keeping pinch nan match, she was surgery erstwhile serving for nan match, while Stearns besides grounded to clasp her service erstwhile 6-5 up.

The lucifer went to different tie-break which Raducanu won to unafraid victory, aft a 2nd group lasting 89 minutes.

Raducanu will play China's Yue Yuan, who is 40 successful nan world rankings, successful nan adjacent round.