The 21-year-old British player scored one of her best victories in months, after falling back to the depths of the world rankings (302nd) due to injuries. She beat Carlone Garcia (3-6, 6-3, 6-2) and allowed England to return to 1-1.
The French No.1, 23rd player in the world, had nevertheless started the match perfectly: solid on her serve, she engaged in a showdown on each of the service games of the winner of the US Open 2021, managing to break her several times. times to win without trembling in the first set, with a clenched fist.
Until the collapse: leading two games to nothing in the second set, Garcia then fell back into her faults. More and more nervous, multiplying errors, and less and less precise on her first balls, she experienced a gap of air which the Briton took advantage of to pick up a set everywhere.
Garcia then exploded in the third set, allowing Raducanu to give Britain the equalizer, after Diane Parry's victory over Katie Boulter.