All of Emma Raducanu , Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart will be present in the last eight - the former two are on course to meet in the semi-finals too - thanks to shock successes over high seeds and former Grand Slam champions, making the 2024 edition the first time in over 40 years that GB have three women's quarter-finalists at Eastbourne. Raducanu - who entered the tournament as a wild card and earned the same path into the main draw of Wimbledon - hit new heights in the sweltering heat, earning her first-ever top-10 win over second seed Jessica Pegula . The 2021 US Open champion completed a terrific turnaround from a set and a break down to prevail 4-6 7-6[6] 7-5 against the second seed, who travelled to the UK riding high from winning the WTA 500 event in Berlin.
Raducanu's powers of recovery were evident in the first set - where she fought back from 4-1 down to level the opener at 4-4 - although that fightback proved futile as Pegula established the advantage before moving a set and a break up. © Reuters However, Raducanu broke back to 3-3, and despite missing one set point and suffering an early mini-break in the tie-breaker, she held her nerve marvellously to take the contest to the distance. Many a twist and turn was still to be had, as Raducanu moved 5-2 up but was broken twice while serving for the match, but Pegula lost serve in the 11th game and squandered a 40-0 lead on Raducanu's serve in the 12th before the 21-year-old completed an outstanding victory.
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