LONDON (AP)—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. I sent a couple rackets to be re-strung.
"But it takes, like, 20 minutes by the time they turn it over. Still, it was a bit difficult. So I'm frustrated with that part maybe, small details. But I don't think I could have made different choices. I think I should have just executed better."
Sabalenka agreed "the balls were flying more," she suspected, because of higher humidity with the roof closed.