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Pegula Saves Three Match Points to Beat Raducanu and Reach China Open Last 16

Raducanu’s exit after failing to close out a second‑set tiebreak extends a late‑match slide that complicates her push for a protected Grand Slam seeding.

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Overview

  • Pegula defeated Raducanu 3-6, 7-6 (11-9), 6-0 after erasing three match points in a tiebreak Raducanu had led 5-2.
  • The American saved two of those match points with backhand winners, then swept the deciding set in 27 minutes.
  • The result moves their head-to-head to 3-1 in Pegula’s favour and sends her into a last-16 meeting with Marta Kostyuk.
  • Raducanu missed a small rankings gain, remaining around No 30 in the live standings when a win would have lifted her to No 29.
  • It is her second straight loss from match-point up after a similar defeat to Barbora Krejcikova in Seoul, underscoring a closing-phase vulnerability.