Washington Open: Emma Raducanu and Cameron Norrie both secure impressive victories

Britain's Emma Raducanu and Cameron Norrie some secured awesome victories astatine the Washington Open connected Tuesday.

Raducanu upset Ukraine's satellite fig 27 and seventh effect Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 successful the archetypal round.

She faces Naomi Osaka adjacent aft the four-time Grand Slam victor overcame Yulia Putintseva 6-2 7-5.

In the men's singles, Norrie had to excavation heavy to bushed 2nd effect and satellite fig 7 Lorenzo Musetti 3-6 6-2 6-3 - his archetypal occurrence implicit a top-10 subordinate successful 2 and a fractional years - successful the 2nd round.

The 29-year-old volition play American 14th effect Brandon Nakashima successful the past 16.

Raducanu, the British fig three, took the opening acceptable aft a gruelling 71 minutes, contempt sacrificing a 4-0 pb successful the tie-break.

She past held a 3-0 vantage successful the 2nd acceptable but Kostyuk, who had mislaid 5 singles matches successful a enactment since May, rallied to interruption and gully level astatine 4-4.

Having forced Kostyuk to service to enactment successful the match, the Ukrainian treble faulted to manus Raducanu 2 lucifer points, which the Briton took connected her 2nd chance.

The 2021 US Open champion said it was an "extremely bully win".

"I'm blessed with the mode I fought done the archetypal acceptable and successful the second, stayed pugnacious erstwhile I needed to," she added.

Norrie, meanwhile, managed lone 3 winners successful the archetypal set, 2 of them connected aces, but dominated the 2nd to unit a decider.

After redeeming 5 interruption points successful the 5th crippled of the last set, helium broke Musetti, who had a first-round bye, successful the sixth to instrumentality a 4-2 lead.

The Italian saved 2 lucifer points successful the last crippled - 1 connected a Norrie treble responsibility - but past sent a backhand beyond the baseline, handing the Briton triumph aft 2 hours and 7 minutes.

Admitting helium was playing "like a kid again", Norrie said: "I conscionable benignant of fto spell of the expectations and I'm playing tennis much to bask it now.

"You've got to bask it different you tin get burned retired connected this agelong schedule."