Raducanu: ‘I feel like I was playing two v one on court’
Emma Raducanu in action Ena Shibahara (not pictured) on day two of the Rothesay Open at the Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, June 11, 2024
EMMA RADUCANU said she was on the end of some “insane” line calls which left her feeling like it was “two v one” in her first-round victory at the Nottingham Open.
Less than 24 hours after British compatriot Harriet Dart described the standard of line-calling as “pretty appalling” in her defeat to Katie Boulter, where she offered to bet the chair umpire £50,000 she was wrong about a call, Raducanu was on the wrong end of some questionable decisions.
But she did not let it affect her and began her latest career reboot with a comfortable 6-1 6-4 over Japanese Ena Shibahara.
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