Emma Raducanu progressed by to her fifth profession semi-final on Thursday – however tennis legend Boris Becker is much from impressed
Emma Raducanu in motion on the Transylvania Open (Picture: Getty)
Boris Becker has issued a brutal two-word response after Emma Raducanu made it by to the Transylvania Open semi-final.
Raducanu, 23, who crashed out of final month’s Australian Open with a shock final 64 defeat to world No.58 Anastasia Potapova, has been again in motion on the Romania match this week.
The previous US Open champion beat Greet Minnen and Kaja Juvan to succeed in the quarter-final and he or she then dispached Poland’s Maja Chwalisnka 6-0, 6-4 on Thursday to make it into her FIFTH profession semi-final at tour degree.
Earlier than this, Raducanu had received to no less than the 4 on the 2021 US Open – the one she gained – the 2022 Korea Open, the 2024 Nottingham Open, 2025 Washington Open and now the Transylvania Open.
When that statistic appeared on X, nonetheless, six-time Grand Slam winner Becker responded and fired a dig at Raducanu. Certainly, after it was revealed that she had reached simply 5 profession semi-finals, the 58-year-old German replied with: “That is it?”
Raducanu hasn’t gained a WTA Tour occasion since her success on the US Open four-and-a-half years in the past. However with the Toronto-born ace the highest seed on the Transylvania Open this week, she has an actual probability of ending her lengthy drought for a title.
“So yeah, [I] want to only get better.”
Subsequent up for Raducanu is world No.91 Oleksandra Oliynykova within the semi-final on Friday afternoon. Ought to Raducanu beat the Ukranian, she would face world No.36 and third seed Sorana Cirstea or world No.144 Daria Snigur within the remaining.
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