By Richard Pagliaro | Friday, August 1, 2025
Photo Credit: Minas Panagiotakis/Getty
Rematch was a mismatch.
By cracking highly loaded discs, Amanda Animova bored Ema Raducanu back as a woman hit by the growth of static electricity.
In an excellent energy tennis performance, Animova led Raducanu 6-1, 6-2 in a 64-minute blow to roll in the Montreal round of 16.
It was Animova’s first victory over Raducanu in three meetings as she avenged a 6-1, 6-3 loss to the talented British in front of Miami’s home fans in March.
In that match, Animova was worried about a left hand issue.
Tonight, Animova Raducanu with strong guns with disarming discs from the first point.
Wimbledon’s finalist whipped deep strikes, persistently pushing Raducanu corner in the corner. Animova broke twice in a row, charging 4-1 lead.
Solid Rock Performance@Anisimovaamanda It provides its place in the last 16 after defeating Raducanu 6-2, 6-1.#Obn25 pic.twitter.com/amcq4jllmo
– wta (@wta) August 2 2025
Holding 28 minutes in the match for the first time, Raducanu made a push by going up-30 to the American service game. Animova shakes her right back in place, inserting a backward winner under the line that hits an ace below T, as part of a four-point run to hold for 5-2.
Even when Raducanu hit her place in the service, Animova was leaving whiplash returns to the lines. A back back bitten below the line gave America a second point assigned.
Animova turned the hips and her shoulders into an annoying return by signing a lead with a set with its third set of set. Animova hit the 12 winners more than Raducanu-and played most of the 40-minute opening from her front leg.
This opening group was just a prelude to the powerful Animova combinations administered in Secodn set.
Animova with the fifth seed gained eight right points to ignite an increase in the second group that saw its 5-0 lead.
It was not that Raducanu even played poorly, a oppressive Animova barely gave the British an opportunity to play at all. Raducanu held in 30 years to deny a second bagel.
On a day when champion defender Jessica Pegula was upset by former US Open Historic Anastasija Sevastova, 2024 finalist, Transit was in control of navigation.
Animova served a 64-minute command invasion in Love, hunting a last winner of Forhand Crosscourt. The duo hugged in the net afterwards with the two women who shared a smile on aniimova’s splendor.
Doha Champion Animova will face Elina Svitolina for a quarterfinal place.
10th and 10th Svitolina included Washington, DC finalist Let Kalinskaya 6-1, 6-1 breaking five times in a 55-minute dissection.
