{"id":442,"date":"2024-04-13T17:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T17:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lowgha.com\/?p=442"},"modified":"2024-04-13T21:52:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T21:52:27","slug":"emma-raducanu-wins-as-great-britain-reach-billie-jean-king-cup-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lowgha.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/13\/emma-raducanu-wins-as-great-britain-reach-billie-jean-king-cup-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu wins as Great Britain reach Billie Jean King Cup finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emma Raducanu produced a 4-6 6-1 7-6 win on Saturday (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emma Raducanu<\/a>\u2019s victory over Diane Parry on Saturday means Great Britain will be in the Billie Jean King Cup finals in Spain<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n

The British star\u2019s win over the Frenchwoman followed her triumph over Caroline Garcia while Katie Boulter defeated Clara Burel as Anne Keothavong\u2019s team beat France 3-1 over the\u00a0best-of-five tie.<\/p>\n

Raducanu, playing her first event since injury forced her out of the Miami Open, found herself a set down but levelled it up and took a 5-2 lead in the third set.<\/p>\n

The 2021 US Open champion missed two match points on serve but ultimately held her nerve to conjure up a thrilling 4-6 6-1 7-6 (7-1) win.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the match, an emotional Raducanu said: \u2018I mean a lot of love for the crowd out there in Great Britain, supporting us and coming out here.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m very pleased to win two points, especially here on clay. We knew how tough it was going to be.<\/p>\n

\u2018I was really pleased to win two points. Boults helped us to go 2-1 up. And the support on the bench to help us go out again. It\u2019s a massive shout out, it\u2019s not just me out there.<\/p>\n

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Emma Raducanu admits she was \u2018backed up against the wall\u2019 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Especially being a set down, I was backed up against the wall and I didn\u2019t want to go to the doubles because they\u2019re a very strong doubles team.<\/p>\n

\u2018It does feel really good. I need to shout out Ian at home who has been working with me every single day. To be able to play two matches like that back to back, it\u2019s a testament to what I\u2019ve been doing I\u2019m just glad it was able to show.\u2019<\/p>\n

Great Britain captain Keothavong added: \u2018I think its going to take a lot of work to wipe this smile off my face. What a day! The atmosphere was just absolutely rocking.<\/p>\n