Radokanu has a reason for his confidence in Zheng, who is still finding his feet on the grass and acting under pressure.
Raducanu also made relatively quiet progress in the first two games, conceding only eight of the four games.
But, just as Raducanu played against Iga Swiatek in Melbourne and Paris and Italy’s Coco Goff, it’s a habit to win the player and require a different level.
In the brink of starts, Raducanu puts pressure on Zheng’s serve while saving his own breakout point in the game.
But Zheng burst out in his seventh attempt, silenced the crowd by the backhand, who had earlier expressed their dissatisfaction after Mr. Zheng had to change his shoes midway through the game.
Raducanu keeps the pressure, creating an immediate chance to break, but Zheng’s huge ground thorn puts her in trouble, and a hasty forehand goes online, giving the first set to the top seeds.
Raducanu, who struggled with back spasms before and after Roland Garros, left the court for medical timeouts, took advantage of the advantage when Zheng first took everyone.
As the wind swelled, Raducanu produced a series of cruel return to Zheng’s second serve and quickly discovered his two breakups, thanks to some strong share.
But Zheng broke a breakthrough and increased his strength when needed, climbing forward to attack the serve of the Ladaga. The double fault caused Zheng Xiang to retreat, and she ended the game four consecutive games.
Despite the losses, Raducanu is enough to be sure she is doing well on the grass – but she will know that in the best case of challenging, there is still a gap.
