Raducanu admits ‘it’s taking time to find my feet’ after Transylvania Open win

Emma Raducanu admitted she's 'taking time to find my feet' after winning through to the quarter-finals of the Transylvania Open on Thursday.

Raducanu, 18, beat Ana Bogdan 6-3 6-4 in Cluj, to set up a clash with fellow teenager Marta Kostyuk in the last eight.

The British star sensationally captured the US Open without even dropping a set last month, but remarkably, her win over the Romanian player was only her second on the WTA tour.

Her first was in her last-32 match against Slovenian Polona Hercog, where she fought back to win in three sets.

There was no such drama against world no 406 Bogdan, but afterwards Raducanu said she was learning with every contest.

"It's definitely taking me some time to find my feet still," she said.

"I'm taking some learnings from every match that I play and I don't think I'm the finished product yet. I'm taking the experience and loving my time in this tournament so far."

Following her heroics in Flushing Meadows, Raducanu came back down to earth in the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, falling at the first hurdle against Belarusian player Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

But she's enjoying a far better time in Romania, the birth country of father Ian, and despite the absence of spectators was grateful for the volunteers who generated some atmosphere at the indoor venue – even though would have been supporting home player Bogdan.

"It was so good," said Raducanu.

"I loved having the crowd here, there wasn't the fans unfortunately but all the volunteers who make this tournament possible, I really appreciate all your hard work so thank you very much."

Raducanu broke Bogdan early on as she raced into a 3-0 lead, and was rarely troubled for the remainder of the first set as she took it 6-3.

A last eight spot looked inevitable when she broke again in the opening game of the second set, but Bodgan dug deep with a service break of her own.

At 3-3 however, after wasting a break point, Raducanu made no mistake with a second chance and then at 5-4, showed no signs of nerves as she served out to love – sealing victory when Bodgan was long with a return.

Ukrainian player Kostyuk, 19, had already booked her place in the next round by beating Mona Barthel.

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