Emma on 🔥 | Highlights - Emma Raducanu v Sloane Stephens | Rothesay International Eastbourne

Well, it wasn't the cleanest of strikes from Sloane Stephens, it was a little bit of a shank. Wow. Oh, what a run of points this is from Sloane Stephens. She can trust the backhand though, perfect. Oh yes. Wow. And Badacana, twice a breakdown in this opening set, takes it in the end. La Petite is absolutely brilliant. Raducanu relishing her Eastbourne debut. The smile is back, she's enjoying tennis again and it is wonderful to see her playing so well. Emma, many congratulations, emphatic second set. It was tougher in the first set, what changed for you in that second set out here? Yeah, I mean I think for me it was a case of in a way adapting to the court. I've never played in Eastbourne, I've never played on this centre court and every court plays a little bit differently and I think that in the beginning I was just trying to figure out which is the best way for me to play and use my game and I think it was a very close first set and I was down quite a bit all the way through and managed to break but it's very difficult because Sloane is super athletic and in the first set especially she was making a lot of balls and yeah, just counter-punching really well so yeah, it took a lot to try and hit through her but I managed to figure it out in the second set. You mentioned it's your first time on this centre court, how did you enjoy the atmosphere out here? Yeah, I mean thank you to everyone who came out and was supporting. I could really hear you guys and feel it. It's a lot bigger court than, you know, the centre court in Nottingham so it's really nice to see so many people out here battling the heat and I actually think it's worse for you guys sitting down in the heat than for us playing and sweating in it so big props to you. But yeah, I really like it here, it's really nice and the weather especially is beautiful so I'm hoping to make the most of that. Yeah, I've heard. So through to the second round, how will you prepare for tomorrow's match? Yeah, I think the case is just recovering, I think I managed to figure out a little bit on how to play on these courts, you know, the balls get pretty heavy here so it's a case of, you know, just keep trying to hit through, keep the ball speed up and it's just about recovering physically and getting ready to go tomorrow. We can't wait to see you again, ladies and gentlemen, Emma Raducanu!