Raducanu has won four matches in a row and now faces Swiatek for a place in the Stuttgart semi-finals
World number one and defending champion Iga Swiatek progressed to the quarter-finals of the WTA Stuttgart clay-court tournament by beating Elise Mertens in straight sets on Thursday, her ninth win in nine career matches at the French Open warm-up event. I'll build an underground garage," said Swiatek after playing her first clay-court match since lifting the French Open title last June.
Emma Raducanu continued her comeback to tour-level tennis in fine fashion after securing a fourth straight win – the first time she has achieved such a feat since her 2021 US Open triumph – to move into the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open.