Iga Swiatek 支援するs Emma Raducanu to return as one of tennis' 最高の，を越す 星／主役にするs... after the Brit showed 約束 in her hard-fought Stuttgart Open 敗北・負かす against the World No 1

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World No 1 Iga Swiatek 支援するd Emma Raducanu to return to tennis’s エリート after having to fight for a hard-earned victory over the Brit in the Stuttgart Open ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦.

The 21-year-old went toe-to-toe with Swiatek for large parts of a two-hour game, before 落ちるing to a straight-始める，決めるs 敗北・負かす. With the 政治家 often so 支配的な on clay, it was a 業績／成果 that 申し込む／申し出d Raducanu 約束ing 調印するs ahead of next month’s French Open.?

Swiatek said afterwards: ‘It was a pretty 激しい match. I’m happy I kept the intensity even though we played 堅い games for two hours.’

Asked if Raducanu could challenge for 肩書を与えるs again, Swiatek 追加するd: ‘I hope she’ll be able to do it because, for sure, she has a game for that.’

Raducanu broke the four-time Grand 激突する 勝利者 in the first game and went on to 軍隊 a first-始める，決める tiebreak before slipping to a 7-6, 6-3 敗北・負かす. It followed a run of four 勝利，勝つs in seven days that will see Raducanu work her way 支援する up the 最高位のs from No 303.

Emma Raducanu lost in the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦 of the Stuttgart Open against Iga Swiatek

Swiatek has won the last two Stuttgart Opens and will 会合，会う Elena Rybakina in the 半分-決勝戦?

The 21-year-old 星／主役にする 成し遂げるd 井戸／弁護士席 and the 調印するs are 約束ing that she's returning to form

The former US Open 支持する／優勝者 has been 疫病／悩ますd by 傷害 but is finding 勢い again

Considering that she is still finding her feet after an 傷害-疫病／悩ますd 2023, reaching the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦 here 代表するs good 進歩 from Raducanu.?

She dropped as low as 303rd in the world 最高位のs on the 支援する of wrist and ankle 操作／手術s and has often struggled to string more than a couple of 勝利，勝つs together.???

However, she has been in strong form recently, helping Britain （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 フラン in the Billie ジーンズ King Cup last week.?

Swiatek will 会合，会う fourth seed Elen a Rybakina in the 半分-決勝戦 in Stuttgart.

On a 堅い day for the Brits, Cameron Norrie was beaten by Tomas ツバメ Etcheverry at the Barcelona Open, while Jack Draper lost a final-始める，決める tiebreak to world No 15 Taylor Fritz in Munich.