{"id":86323,"date":"2025-07-02T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=86323"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:20:53","slug":"emma-raducanu-wimbledon-victory-marketa-vondrousova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/07\/02\/emma-raducanu-wimbledon-victory-marketa-vondrousova\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu Lights Up Wimbledon With Epic Victory Over Marketa Vondrousova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British women&#8217;s No.1 and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/09\/12\/six-key-moments-that-led-to-emma-raducanus-us-open-title-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">2021 US Open champion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/tag\/emma-raducanu\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Emma Raducanu<\/a> has dragged this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wimbledon<\/a> into a full-throttle frenzy with a straight-sets victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/07\/15\/marketa-vondrousova-wimbledon-win-grand-slam\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">2023 champion<\/a> Mark\u00e9ta Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1, winning 6-3 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu dominated from start to finish, with her backhand and impeccable second serve causing Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1 all sorts of trouble. She looked completely locked in throughout, never once losing focus as she closed in on victory, even with the buoyant Centre Court crowd in full party mode.<\/p>\n<h3>A Game That Backs Up Raducanu&#8217;s Confidence In Her Play<\/h3>\n<p>Raducanu has <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/07\/01\/emma-raducanu-marketa-vondrousova\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">spoken about<\/a> how much happier she has become with her game in recent months, and today\u2019s performance seems to prove just how freely she\u2019s playing. In a wild three-game stretch during the first set, she broke Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1\u2019s serve&#8211;only to be broken back immediately. From there, Raducanu reset, intensified her play in the next game, and at the fourth break-point opportunity, forced the Czech into an error to seal the break for 5-3, holding the next game to take the set.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LBYboyGjQjJZpUYrD-cl2w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2222941968\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'LBYboyGjQjJZpUYrD-cl2w',sig:'Vp9zZAqxNS-wPf7bzIK7I-diR5-oKit1webjUsP_p4g=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2222941968',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After earning a break in the third game of the second set, Raducanu never truly looked in trouble. Instead, she played key moments with stunning focus and intensity, relentlessly targeting Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1 with fierce backhands that either whizzed past the Czech with a hummingbird blur or forced her into frustrating errors.<\/p>\n<p>Another rasping Raducanu backhand brought up match point, and when the former champion sent the ball long, both the crowd and Raducanu smiled ear to ear, witnessing the form that helped her claim her US Open title finally shine through on Centre Court.<\/p>\n<h3>Next Up &#8211; The World Number One<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the obvious glee in her performance, Raducanu must now shift her focus to a third-round showdown with world No.\u202f1 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a>, who secured a hard-fought 7\u20116\u202f6\u20114 victory over Marie Bouzkov\u00e1. It\u2019s almost certain this will be played on Centre Court, so the crowd will be partisan for the Brit. If she can find a way to pierce Sabalenka\u2019s steely resolve, then there&#8217;s every chance the party may well continue into the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Mike Frey-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British women&#8217;s No.1 and 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu has dragged this year&#8217;s Wimbledon into a full-throttle frenzy with a straight-sets victory over 2023 champion Mark\u00e9ta Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1, winning 6-3 6-3. Raducanu dominated from start to finish, with her backhand and impeccable second serve causing Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1 all sorts of trouble. 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