Briton's Emma Raducanu earns a hard-fought win in a "tough" match against Peyton Stearns in the first round of the Korea Open.

Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu said she was proud of her performance as she picked up her first win in 48 days after beating American Peyton Stearns 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the first round of the Korea Open in Seoul on Tuesday.

Emma Raducanu came through a rollercoaster first-round match to beat Peyton Stearns at the Korea Open. A former semi-finalist in Seoul, the Brit started her campaign with a hard-fought 7-6 (4) 7-6 win. It's her first win since late July when she also defeated Stearns en route to the last eight in Washington.

Raducanu most recently played on August 27, 2024 in the Round of 128 of the US Open and was taken down 1-6, 6-3, 4-6 by No. 54-ranked Sofia Kenin. Over the last two years, Stearns and Raducanu met in the Round of 16 at the Citi Open on July 31, 2024. Raducanu won 7-6, 6-2. Emma Raducanu is our predicted winner in this match.

The 21-year-old needed two hours and 43 minutes to claim a straight-sets win in her first match since the US Open.

Great Britain's Emma Raducanu reaches the quarter-finals at the Korea Open after beating China's Yue Yuan in straight sets in Seoul.

On her seventh match point, Great Britain's Emma Raducanu ousted No. 8 seed Yuan Yue of China 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday to reach the Korea Open quarterfinals in Seoul.

Emma Raducanu offered an unexpected take on her controversial scheduling issues on Thursday, stressing the importance of matchplay and claiming that she has been “nursing a few niggles in the last couple months that I kept pretty quiet”.