Emma Raducanu reached the semifinals at the D.C. Open — the biggest tournament where she's made it that far since her surprising 2021 U.S. Open title — by eliminating Maria Sakkari 6-4, 7-5 on Friday.

Slowly, surely and with a thrilling robustness once lacking in a start-stop-restart career, the all-new Emma Raducanu is on the rise. The Raducanu reset is on the threshold of its most tangible reward after a quarter-final victory in gruelling conditions over powerful Greek Maria Sakkari.

Emma Raducanu is finally giving us something to talk about besides her insanely unfortunate injury history, and wow, has it been worth the wait. For the first time since her fairytale US Open run in 2021,