- British No 3 won 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 against No 8 seed
- ‘I’m jet lagged. It’s not easy playing at 11.30pm’
Emma Raducanu fought off jet lag to beat Elise Mertens in three sets in the opening round of the Washington Open.
The 21-year-old British No 3 won 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 against the eighth-seeded Belgian in a match that finished after 11pm in the US capital.