Overview

• Emma Raducanu advanced with straight-sets wins over Ena Shibahara 6-1, 6-2 and Janice Tjen 6-2, 6-1, spending just over two hours on court across two matches.
• She faces No 9 seed Elena Rybakina as the opening match on Louis Armstrong Stadium on Friday, starting shortly after 4pm BST (11am local time).
• Andy Roddick praised Raducanu’s form and said her New York run “feels a lot like 2021” given the speed and control of her early rounds.
• The 22-year-old has 26 victories in 2025, her most in a single season, and is re-established inside the WTA top 40.
• Rybakina arrives with strong hard-court results including a Cincinnati semifinal and a win over Aryna Sabalenka, holds a 1–0 head-to-head against Raducanu from 2022, and acknowledged the matchup “wouldn’t be easy.”