Friday, Octo– Emma Raducanu plays Aliaksandra Sasnovich on day 5 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California. The power – and poise – belonged to Sasnovich on the night and she was rewarded with the win. Very much the veteran in the matchup at 27 years old, she played like one pummelling the marginally weaker Raducanu forehand with tactical efficiency and hitting her backhand out of the sweet spot of her racquet. Though she found more rhythm in the second set with some signature changes in direction, her serve was a liability against a confident Sasnovich, who, for her part, was playing at a high level from start to finish. 100 hung tough under the pressure of the first two games and quickly reversed her fortunes with a break to love in the third game.įrom there, Raducanu appeared nervous. Even on return, she threatened to make her mark early on Sasnovich second serves, though the World No. The Briton started off with an emphatic hold to love on her own serve, bouncing around between points and radiating confidence. However, winning a big title and backing it up are two different things – just ask Bianca Andreescu – and the 18-year-old ingenue-turned-superstar would be forgiven if she was quietly feeling the pressure coming into her BNP Paribas Open opener. (Abbie Parr/BNP Paribas Open)Įmma Raducanu (said champion) had every season to be confident going into the match, having not dropped a single set in her last 10 matches, nevertheless doing so on the biggest stage in tennis. Friday, Octo– Aliaksandra Sasnovich plays against Emma Raducanu on day 5 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California.

The easy-going Belarusian could be guilty of underachieving at times in her career, but always rises to a challenge – and challenges don’t come much better than the reigning US Open champion. RaducanuĪliaksandra Sasnovich fans might have. Here’s a look at the top second-round performances by WTA Tour stars on Friday at the BNP Paribas Open: Sasnovich d.

A delectable order of play featured match-ups from the bottom half of the women’s draw, though no one had an easy task ahead of them on a temperate day in Tennis Paradise.

Tennis fans in the Southern California desert got their first taste of the tournament’s top seeds, with second-round action getting underway at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

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