(Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu needed to work exhausting for her first win on the WTA Tour after her fairytale New York triumph as she recovered from a set all the way down to beat world quantity 124 Polona Hercog 4-6 7-5 6-1 within the Transylvania Open in Romania on Tuesday.
Raducanu introduced herself on the grandest stage when she claimed the Flushing Meadows title as a qualifier final month, however the 18-year-old Briton misplaced to Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus in straight units at Indian Wells.
Nonetheless with no coach after parting methods with former Davis Cup participant Andrew Richardson and having skipped the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, world quantity 23 Raducanu had sought to mood the expectations however confirmed her class in a tough match.
She surrendered the opening set tamely after being 4-1 up earlier than displaying glimpses of the preventing character that marked her maiden main success to attract degree at one-set apiece.
With the momentum going her approach, Raducanu raised her degree by a notch and roared to 5-0 within the deciding set, profitable 77% of her first serve factors to shut out the victory in Cluj-Napoca.
Raducanu will subsequent tackle house favorite Ana Bogdan.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Modifying by Ken Ferris)
