US Open 2025 live: Raducanu vs Tjen score as British No 1 faces qualifier

Emma Raducanu speaks on-court: “I’m very happy, second spherical after two days, it breaks the rhythm slightly bit. Janice is an excellent harmful opponent and I believed any ball that I put mid-court that wasn’t essentially ok she simply put away.

She thanks the Louis Armstrong crowd, saying, “I beloved it as soon as once more so thanks a lot.”

Requested about Tjen beforehand speaking about trying as much as her, she says: “It places slightly strain on however on the identical time it’s a very nice feeling. She’s obtained by way of some high opponents, enjoying rather well, I’m positive she will be able to construct and take a variety of confidence from this week.”

Requested what’s completely different about this season in comparison with final, she says: “The consistency of doing good follow days daily, constructing on that. After Miami I began performing some actually good work, the previous couple of weeks I’ve actually stepped up on and off the courtroom.”

She provides that she’s “actually grateful” to these in her field. “I’m placing a variety of belief within the work I’m doing behind the scenes so it takes slightly little bit of strain off,” including that “I like to make use of it [the pressure] as a lot as I can.”

Raducanu and the Louis Armstrong crowd applaud Tjen as she walks off. The Indonesian has had a great run however merely didn’t have the solutions in the present day.

And an excellent, unreturnable serve seals it!

She beams and waves to the gang. That was some match by the British No 1.

Tjen is enjoying with much more freedom now and is seeking to dictate, lasering down one other forehand.

However Raducanu performs a candy strike in behind the Indonesian, who whips a return cross-court however then catches the reply awkwardly and it flies off her strings. 30-15.

Raducanu goes lengthy for 30-30.

Tjen hits one other cross-court return lengthy and Raducanu has match level…

Raducanu has received eight straight factors in a row… that run involves an finish with an over-eager second serve return dropping lengthy.

Tjen does higher coming to the online, Raducanu skidding to make a backhand earlier than her opponent slams down a smash.

A candy winner down the road helps her onto the board on this set as she goes for a extra attacking strategy.

Raducanu clearly has locations to be. One other booming ace down the T is precisely what the physician ordered.

Tjen nevertheless is reducing a extra pissed off determine, with errors leaking from the forehand particularly. A few of that early confidence has dimmed.

Tjen clips the online twine and that’s a maintain to like wrapped up by Raducanu. One sport away from the third spherical.

Raducanu clips the road completely a few occasions in a row and an off-balance Tjen sends it flying out of play.

However one drops lengthy for Raducanu… however there’s no let-up for Tjen because the Brit imposes herself within the subsequent rally, pinning her additional again till the Indonesian palms one into the online.

One other falls quick for Tjen on the forehand aspect and Raducanu has the prospect for a double break.

A vicious return from a tremendous extensive serve and he or she takes it!

One other blistering first serve (Raducanu received 84% of her first serve factors in that first set).

Tjen overcooks a type of topspin forehands and the British No 1 goes 40-0 up… higher from Tjen as she forces Raducanu into the nook, and a cross-court forehand skews extensive.

Raducanu knocks an angled volley into the online, not the perfect shot selection there.

And a roar from Raducanu as she withstands a barrage of slices, Tjen sending a forehand looping extensive! Simply as within the first set, she goes 3-0 and a break up.

Fast as a flash Raducanu rattles by way of one other businesslike maintain, and earns one other probability to interrupt Tjen.

An over-eager forehand drifts extensive, however she has one other probability at 30-40 up.

She goes for one thing barely completely different, transferring ahead, and Tjen punishes her with a ball into acres of open area.

Fast break whereas Raducanu adjusts her sock…

Benefit Britain as she pins Tjen deep behind the baseline and the qualifier clips the online publish, with the ball going towards her.

Oh pricey, a double fault items Raducanu the break.

Let’s take a fast look across the different matches at Flushing Meadows…

Seventh seed Novak Djokovic has simply walked out onto Arthur Ashe, the place he faces American Zachary Svajda.

tenth seed Emma Navarro leads compatriot Caty McNally 4-2, whereas three-time US Open finalist Victoria Azarenka is 0-3 down towards Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who was answerable for Sonay Kartal’s Wimbledon exit.