Emma RaducanuTia's injury problems will attack again when she appears in the quarter-finals of the Aperto da Correa against coach Daria Kasatkina.
The 21-year-old British player had lost the first set 6-1 when she gave up due to a minor problem.
Raducanu had already defeated two top-50 players in Seoul in the final rounds of American Peyton Stearns and ChinaHe is Yu Yuan.
I'm trying to reach just my second WTA semi-final, and I'm also trying to reach the semi-finals in Nottingham in June 2021. we The open champion initially saw her match against world No. 13 Kasatkina compete in the sixth round.
When the competition began on Saturday, Raducanu – who did not start this week because she wanted to play as many matches as possible before the end of the season – lost to her Russian opponent in the second match.
She recovered immediately, but was unable to continue, and after Kasatkina finished the set, Raducanu approached and opened her hand, deciding that she would not continue due to the problem.
“I feel sorry for Emma, it's easy to get crushed, especially in tournaments,” Kasatkina said.
“I wish her a speedy recovery.”
The winner of the clash between fourth seed Diana Schnyder and fifth seed Marta Kostyuk will face Kasatkina in the semi-finals on Saturday, after the final in Seoul.
Earlier in the day, third seeded Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia beat unlucky loser Paulina Kudermetova 6-2, 6-1 to face Veronika Kudermetova in the semi-finals, who beat Viktoria Tomova 7-5, 6-3.
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