Emma Raducanu continued her good form after beating Olga Danilovic in her first match at the Cincinnati Open.
Raducanu is a seed at the Cincinnati Open this year, being rewarded for her recent form that includes her run to the semifinals of the Washington Open.
That is not the only change for the Briton, with Raducanu being joined by new coach Francisco Roig.
It was a good start for the new partnership, with Raducanu continuing an impressive streak that is better than Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff.
Emma Raducanu continues winning streak in opening matches
Raducanu reached the quarterfinals at the Miami Open back in March, in what was the start of her partnership with Mark Petchey.
While he is no longer travelling with her due to his media commitments, Petchey is still in close communication with Raducanu.
Following her latest win, Raducanu has now won at least one match at her last 11 tournaments, which dates back to the Miami Open.
Although Raducanu has not won a title since winning the US Open, this streak is something that neither Sabalenka nor Gauff have managed this year.
Sabalenka is not far behind, and has won the opening match at her last 10 tournaments, with her last defeat coming at the Qatar Open to Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Gauff has won 11 opening matches in a row before in her career, but is some way off achieving the feat in 2025.
Including the shock first round defeat Gauff suffered at Wimbledon, the world number two has lost her opening match at four of her last 12 tournaments.
| Opening matches at their last 11 tournaments | Emma Raducanu | Aryna Sabalenka | Coco Gauff |
| 1 | Beat Sayaka Ishii (Miami Open) | Lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova (Qatar Open) | Lost to McCartney Kessler (Dubai Tennis Championships) |
| 2 | Beat Suzan Lamens (Madrid Open) | Beat Veronika Kudermetova (Dubai Tennis Championships) | Beat Moyuka Uchijima (Indian Wells) |
| 3 | Beat Maya Joint (Italian Open) | Beat McCartney Kessler (Indian Wells) | Beat Sofia Kenin (Miami Open) |
| 4 | Beat Daria Kasatkina (Strasbourg Open) | Beat Viktoriya Tomova (Miami Open) | Beat Ella Seidel (Stuttgart Open) |
| 5 | Beat Xinyu Wang (Roland Garros) | Beat Anastasia Potapova (Stuttgart Open) | Beat Dayana Yastremska (Madrid Open) |
| 6 | Beat Cristina Bucsa (Queen’s Club Championsips) | Beat Anna Blinkova (Madrid Open) | Beat Victoria Mboko (Italian Open) |
| 7 | Beat Ann Li (Eastbourne International) | Beat Anastasia Potapova (Italian Open) | Beat Olivia Gadecki (Roland Garros) |
| 8 | Beat Mimi Xu (Wimbledon) | Beat Kamila Rakhimova (Roland Garros) | Lost to Xinyu Wang (Berlin Tennis Open) |
| 9 | Beat Marta Kostyuk (Washington Open) | Beat Rebeka Masarova (Berlin Tennis Open) | Lost to Dayana Yastremska (Wimbledon) |
| 10 | Beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Canadian Open) | Beat Carson Branstine (Wimbledon) | Beat Danielle Collins (Canadian Open) |
| 11 | Beat Olga Danilovic (Cincinnati Open) | Beat Marketa Vondrousova (Cincinnati Open) | Beat Xinyu Wang (Cincinnati Open) |
Emma Raducanu vs Aryna Sabalenka Head-to-Head
Raducanu and Sabalenka will be spoken about alongside each other again, as they will play each other in the third round of the Cincinnati Open.
This will be their second match this year, with Sabalenka beating Raducanu at Wimbledon in a closely contested battle on Centre Court.
Their only previous meeting on a hard court came at Indian Wells last year, with Sabalenka getting a straight sets win on that occasion as well.
| Year | Tournament | Result |
| 2024 | Indian Wells (3R) | Sabalenka beat Raducanu, 6-3 7-5 |
| 2025 | Wimbledon (3R) | Sabalenka beat Raducanu, 7-6(6) 6-4 |
Raducanu is continuing her bid to be seeded for the US Open, and may need to beat Sabalenka for that to happen.
The third round match at the Cincinnati Open between Raducanu and Sabalenka will take place on Monday, August 11.
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