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LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) – Once labelled the new golden girl of tennis after winning the 2021 U.S. Open as a teenaged qualifier, Emma Raducanu’s career has been a tale of injury layoffs, hiring and firing coaches and a \u200bstruggle to live with the weight of expectation.<\/div>\n
On Saturday against new American teenage sensation Iva Jovic, she \u200coffered renewed hope of a resurgence ahead of Wimbledon with a clinical 6-2 6-2 victory to reach the Queen’s Club final.<\/div>\n
The 23-year-old arrived at the London grasscourt event without a Tour-level win since March.<\/div>\n
Now she has reeled off four in a row without dropping a set and will take \u200bthat momentum into Sunday’s final against Croatia’s vastly-experienced Donna Vekic seeking a first title since her fairytale run in \u200bNew York.<\/div>\n
“It means everything to be doing it here at Queen’s, the support was electric, Raducanu \u2060said on court.<\/div>\n
“I’ve been able to stick out some tough moments in the last few months. Any Brit would love to \u200blift the title here.”<\/div>\n
The 29-year-old Vekic will present a formidable barrier after showing her class in a 6-1 6-3 demolition of \u200bBritain’s Katie Boulter in the day’s first semi-final.<\/div>\n
Vekic dropped only six points on serve to silence a partisan crowd on Andy Murray Arena as wildcard Boulter could not reproduce the level she reached to stun world number two Elena Rybakina late on Friday evening.<\/div>\n
“I have been improving with each \u200bmatch and that’s usually how it goes on grass, the more time you spend on it the better you get,” Vekic, \u200bwho lost to Jasmine Paolini in Wimbledon’s longest-ever women’s singles semi-final in 2024, said.<\/div>\n
“I love this surface, I love this city. I’m really \u200chappy.”<\/div>\n
British fans \u2060enjoying the sunshine and Queen’s Club’s hospitality were treated to a double helping of Raducanu as she was first up for her delayed quarter-final against Uzbekistan’s lucky loser from qualifying Kamilla Rakhimova.<\/div>\n
She battled to a 6-3 7-5 win despite a second-set injury scare when she needed attention to her left thigh.<\/div>\n
After Boulter’s defeat she then returned to court to face 18-year-old sixth seed Jovic — \u200bthe youngster who has taken the \u200bTour by storm this \u2060year, rising to 19th in the rankings.<\/div>\n
Jovic had the advantage of a longer rest, having beaten second seed Amanda Anisimova the previous day.<\/div>\n
With Andrew Richardson, the coach she split with almost straight \u200bafter winning the U.S. Open, once again guiding her, Raducanu imposed her game on the teenager \u200bfrom the start.<\/div>\n
Raducanu \u2060produced a level of aggression from the baseline that Jovic could not handle.<\/div>\n
After jumping into a 4-1 lead she never took her foot off the gas and wrapped up the victory in a hurry to reach only her third career final and first on \u2060grass.<\/div>\n
Vekic, who \u200bactually lost in qualifying but got a lucky loser spot into the draw, \u200bhas reached her first final since the Paris Olympics in 2024 when she took the silver medal.<\/div>\n
She will be seeking a third win this week against \u200ba British player after also taking out teenager Mika Stojsavljevic.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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