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LONDON — Emma Raducanu expressed frustration with having to get a couple of her rackets re-strung during her third-round loss to top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon on Friday.
The British player let leads slip in both sets of her 7-6 (6), 6-4 loss at Centre Court with the retractable roof closed.
“I felt like the ball was flying. I had all my rackets strung up fresh for the match, and it just felt like it was pinging completely different,” Raducanu said. “It could have been a little bit because the roof was on.