"Battled bravely in scorching heat" - Fans react after gritty Emma Raducanu beats Camila Osorio to reach quarterfinals in Washington

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“Battled bravely in scorching heat” – Fans react after gritty Emma Raducanu beats Camila Osorio to reach quarterfinals in Washington

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August 5, 2022

Adreej Kumar Mitra

Emma Raducanu combated sweltering heat to produce a fine display against Camila Osorio in a Round of 16 match of the Citi Open.

The Bromley-based tennis player is gearing up to defend her title at the upcoming US Open. She defeated Camila Rosario on Thursday after playing for close to three hours. Raducanu won a couple of tiebreakers to win the match in straight sets in muggy conditions.

By virtue of the win, Raducanu progressed to the quarter-final stage of the competition. This is only her second quarter-final appearance in a tournament in 2022. The first one came at Stuttgart, Germany, on red clay.

What a match!@EmmaRaducanu takes a 2:50 7-6(5), 7-6(4) win over Osorio to reach her 2nd @WTA quarterfinal of the year! #CitiOpen pic.twitter.com/vSJcHZsqST
— Mubadala Citi DC Open (@mubadalacitidc) August 4, 2022

Emma Raducanu suffered blisters on her right hand and needed a medical timeout towards the fag end of the second set. Osoria also had a tough time dealing with adverse weather conditions.

A pretty monumental effort to really get through that,” Raducanu said. “I’m just really pleased and proud of how I dug in when it mattered.”

The 19-year-old will take on world No. 60 – Liudmila Samsonova in the quarter-final stage. Winning this tournament would hold Raducanu in good stead before the US Open gets underway on August 29.

The 23-year-old Russian tennis pro, Samsonova has been in decent form as she ousted Elise Mertens and Ajla Tomljanovic in the first couple of rounds to set up a date with Raducanu.

Twitter reactions to Emma Raducanu’s “monumental effort”

Fans were impressed upon seeing how Emma Raducanu dug deep to come out victorious in a match that surely took a lot out of her.

That was a survival test, brutal out there. Fritz retired due to heat exhaustion. Both ladies gave it their all. Real determination from Emma to get through it. Lovely respect between them at the end. The tournament organisers need to look hard at the conditions going forward
— Red_Tabby 😻🐴🎾 (@karenwr75084451) August 5, 2022

Great to see Emma back on form
— beijinggail (@sargeant_gail) August 5, 2022

A long, long way from her confident and fluent best but a win is a win as they say.

Her attitude and spirit is excellent though 👏#wta #EmmaRaducanu https://t.co/23VYT6vg4g
— Stash……. ☮ (@Heinro) August 5, 2022

She’s a fighter! Difficult conditions with the heat and blisters. Well done Emma.
— Sammi (@kojie08) August 5, 2022

How is she still standing? This is above and beyond. I should think all Emma wanted to do get in the ice bath.
— Red_Tabby 😻🐴🎾 (@karenwr75084451) August 5, 2022

Fritz almost passed out in those conditions and Emma fought through them and people still find something negative to say. They are just Cyber bullies.
— @emmaraducanu #Bforce 4 life @bonang_m Planets(🪐) (@Zandile14770556) August 5, 2022

I want to give a shout out to @EmmaRaducanu @CamiOsorioTenis @CocoGauff & @naomiosaka for showing what the women's game is all about. Thank you ladies. Hopefully, this is just the beginning of a great US Open Series. @WTA
— Emily Hall (@EmilyN7914) August 5, 2022

Keep the faith, stay hungry and keep finding ways to improve. It the fool proof way of staying at the top of your game. Congratulations on the win Emma!👏👏👏
— PapaP (@SulioPaul) August 5, 2022

2 hours and 50minutes in 95 degree heat with long rallies in 2 sets! That was an incredible match. That was a test of survival.
— Jerry Foster (@JerryGister) August 5, 2022

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