The 21-year-old declared at the start of the week that she was playing the best tennis of her career and swatted aside Linda Noskova 6-0, 7-5. The real test to her claim comes later on Friday afternoon when she faces the world No1 Iga Swiatek for a place in the semi-finals. Noskova is no slouch having knocked out Swiatek herself in one of the early shocks at this year’s Australian Open but Raducanu was a class apart from the outset.
Michail Antonio’s early goal was not enough.
Aston Martin's Lance Stroll was quickest in first and only practice for the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday, ahead of McLaren's Oscar Piastri, with championship leader Max Verstappen third.It meant the morning's practice session was the only preparation time ahead of sprint qualifying on Friday afternoon.