After opening her grass-court campaign with a routine victory over Ena Shibahara on Tuesday - despite failing to serve out the match on two occasions - Raducanu found herself up against one of the WTA Tour's resident giant killers. Snigur's maiden victory at the top level memorably came against Simona Halep at the 2022 US Open, while she sank Beatriz Haddad Maia in Nottingham last year before defeating Marta Kostyuk - ranked 110 places higher than her - in round one this time around. However, Raducanu picked up where she left off against Shibahara with a dominant display against Snigur, prevailing 6-2 6-2 in one hour and 19 minutes thanks to a serving masterclass.
Usually renowned for her prowess on the returning side, Raducanu fired 11 aces past Snigur on Thursday and matched her serving excellence with equally brilliant defence, saving seven of the eight break points that her Ukrainian foe fashioned. The 2021 US Open winner will now compete in just her second quarter-final of the season so far, having reached the last eight in Stuttgart in April before losing to world number one Iga Swiatek . Mission accomplished 🫡 @EmmaRaducanu secures her spot in the quarterfinals after defeating Snigur in straight sets 6-2, 6-2.
#RothesayOpen pic.twitter.com/In7T33aHRj "It was an extremely tricky match.
Honestly, I knew from before came on that I needed to be on it today, because Daria is a really good grass-court player," Raducanu said on the court. "She won junior Wimbledon and I pl.
