Raducanu sealed her third straight sets victory in the South Korean capital and has now won three consecutive tournament matches for the first time since her stunning 2021 US Open title. The 19-year-old will face Latvian top seed Jelena Ostapenko or Andorran teenager Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva for a place in the final. Raducanu, who fell at the first hurdle in defending her US Open title last month, has dropped to 77th in the world rankings from a career high of No 10. But the British No 1, who beat Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima and Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer this week, rediscovered some of her best form in Korea. Raducanu got off to a flying start, breaking Linette twice and comfortably holding her own serve on her way to a 5-1 lead before sealing the first set 6-2 after 35 minutes. Linette, who lost to Czech Republic teenager Linda Fruhvirtova in the Chennai Open final last week, fought back immediately in the second, winning her opening serve to love. Quick guide
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Thanks for your response. The 30-year-old Pole then raced to a 40-0 lead on Radukano’s serve, but the Brit dug deep to save three break points and then dealt her opponent a powerful blow by winning her serve for the third time in the next game to reach at 2. -1 ahead. Raducanu held serve and broke Linette for the fourth time in the match to forge a 4-1 lead and this quickly became 5-1 when holding at love. Linette extended the match by winning a second service game in the next, but Raducanu maintained her dominance by winning another service game to end the match in one hour and 16 minutes.
