Pegula battles past Raducanu at China Open

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM WTA CHINA OPEN THIRD ROUND RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BEIJING, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 29, 2025) (WTA – see restrictions before use) IGA SWIATEK V CAMILA OSORIO FIRST SET 1. SWIATEK HITS FOREHAND WINNER TO BREAK SERVE 2. SWIATEK WITH AN OVERHEAD VOLLEY WINNER 3. SET POINT – OSORIO HITS BACKHAND WIDE, SWIATEK TAKES FIRST SET SECOND SET 4. OSORIO RECEIVING TREATMENT COURTSIDE 5. OSORIO DOUBLE FAULTS AND RETIRES FROM MATCH AT 6-0 0-0 6. PLAYERS HUGGING OVER NET JESSICA PEGULA (BLACK KIT) V EMMA RADUCANU 3-6 7-6(9) 6-0 FIRST SET 7. RADUCANU HITS A FOREHAND PAST PEGULA TO SAVE BREAK POINT 8. SET POINT – RADUCANU HITS FOREHAND WINNER TO TAKE FIRST SET 9. RADUCANU'S MOTHER, RENEE ZHAI, APPLAUDING RADUCANU SECOND SET 10. MATCH POINT – PEGULA HITS A BACKHAND WINNER DOWN THE LINE 11. SET POINT – RADUCANU GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND, PEGULA EDGES TIEBREAK 11-9 THIRD SET 12. PEGULA HITS A FOREHAND VOLLEY WINNER 13. MATCH POINT – RADUCANU RETURNS WIDE, PEGULA WINS MATCH 3-6 7-6(9) 6-0 14. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS AT NET, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE, PEGULA WAVING TO CROWD LINDA NOSKOVA V ZHENG QINWEN FIRST SET 15. NOSKOVA BREAKS SERVE WITH A BACKHAND RETURN 16. SET POINT – ZHENG GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND, NOSKOVA TAKES SET 6-4 SECOND SET 17. ZHENG WITH A FOREHAND WINNER AT THE NET 18. SET POINT – NOSKOVA NETS SERVE RETURN, ZHENG TAKES SET 6-3 THIRD SET 19. NOSKOVA WITH A DROP SHOT WINNER 20. ZHENG RECEIVING TREATMENT FROM PHYSIO  21. ZHENG'S COACH, PERE RIBA, WATCHING ON 22. ZHENG RETIRING TRAILING 6-4 3-6 3-0 STORY: Jessica Pegula battled past Emma Raducanu 3-6 7-6(9) 6-0 to reach the China Open fourth round in Beijing on Monday (September 29). The fifth seed American fended off three match points in a second set tiebreak before Britain's Raducanu collapsed in the decider, seeing her serve broken three times.  For former US Open champion Raducanu, it is the second time in as many weeks she has squandered a 5-2 second set tiebreak lead to win the match having exited the Korea Open to Barbora Krejcikova in the same fashion. Pegula will take on Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in the last 16. Top seed Iga Swiatek also advanced on Monday. The Polish six-time Grand Slam winner and 2023 champion at the WTA 1000 event in Beijing led 6-0 0-0 in the second when her opponent, Colombia's Camila Osorio, was forced to retire with an abdominal injury Home hopeful Zheng Qinwen also succumbed to an injury, retiring down 4-6 6-3 0-3 in the third due to pain in her elbow to give the Czech Republic's Linda Noskova a walkover.    (Production: Aadi Nair, Conal Quinn)

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