Emma Raducanu v Jessica Pegula live: China Open latest score and updates

Well this has turned into a fine start for Raducanu. She dials up the pressure on the return and Pegula double-faults on 0-30.

Raducanu takes the break from there!

Great hold from Raducanu. She looked to be overpowered by Pegula but found an escape.

Pegula putting early pressure on Raducanu but but she saves break point in the opening game with a wonderful flicked forehand pass!

Raducanu will serve to get us started in Beijing.

Emma Raducanu claimed a first victory in China with a straight-sets success against Spain’s Cristina Bucsa in Beijing.

As the 30th seed, Raducanu received a bye in the first round of the China Open but she looked sharp from the start in a high-quality 6-3 6-3 victory.

Raducanu had faced Bucsa twice before this season – losing narrowly in Singapore and then winning comfortably on the grass at Queen’s Club – and there was little to choose between them in a compelling first set.

Since beating Emma Navarro in the Miami Open in March, Raducanu has lost eight matches in a row against players in the top-10.

That includes her quarter-final defeat to Pegula in Miami, as well as defeats to Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and Amanda Anisimova, among others.

Pegula leads the head-to-head against Raducanu with two wins to one, including their last meeting at the Miami Open in March.

Pegula won in three sets in their quarter-final clash, while’s Raducanu’s win against her came on home soil and on grass at Eastbourne in 2024.

The players should be on court shortly after an abrupt ending to the previous match. Iga Swiatek advanced after Camila Osorio retired after losing the first set 6-0.

Emma Raducanu takes on Jessica Pegula at the China Open as the British No 1 faces her latest test against a top-10 opponent.

Raducanu is bidding to reach the last-16 in Beijing after an opening win over Cristina Bucsa, in what would be a huge boost to the 22-year-old’s ranking.

Raducanu has set her sights on improving her ranking to get a seeded spot at the Australian Open in January but lost out to Barbora Krejcikova in Seoul earlier this month

Raducanu has not beaten a top-10 opponent since March but has secured a victory over Pegula, the fifth seed and US Open semi-finalist.

That came on the grass in Eastbourne in 2024, but Pegula won their last meeting at the Miami Open earlier this season.