Queen's: Emma Raducanu leads British charge into second round on day two as Katie Boulter also wins

Emma Raducanu led the British charge on day two of Queen's Club, with Katie Boulter also joining Heather Watson and Sonay Kartal in the second round.

Raducanu earned a sharp straight-sets victory over Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa.

The pair met earlier this year in Singapore, where Raducanu was on the losing end of a lengthy three-set tie.

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Despite the fact Bucsa had come through qualifying with arguably more grass under her feet than the 2021 US Open champion, Raducanu gave her no room to manoeuvre, easing through in straight sets, 6-1 6-2.

"I'm still trying to find my groove on this surface," Raducanu said in her on-court interview.

"I knew today would be a very difficult match, I lost to Cristina earlier in the year so I was trying to make sure that didn't happen again and fight to get myself into the second round."

Next up will be Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova, who beat reigning Wimbledon champion and seventh seed Barbora Krejcikova in straight sets, 6-4 6-3.

It was a less easy task for British No 1 Katie Boulter, who started strongly against Australian qualifier Ajla Tomljanovic but lost her way in the second set.

Things looked bleak at the start of the deciding set when Boulter was broken for the third time in a row, but she was able to halt a run of six games against her.

It was a nervy affair, with the players trading breaks twice more before Boulter broke Tomljanovic for the last time to clinch the match, 7-6 (7-4) 1-6 6-4.

"To have the women back here, it feels very special," Boulter said.

"It's something I've dreamt of, actually walking out on this court after the last couple of years coming as a fan watching the men."

She will face fifth seed Diana Shnaider.

Heather Watson started proceedings with a straight sets win over Yulia Putintseva, 6-4 6-3. The Kazakh's form had not been strong on the grass until last year, where she won the Birmingham tournament before reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon.

"Very happy to be through here at Queen's," Watson said. "It's such a great event so far and I'm really enjoying playing here, playing on these courts at this amazing club, and staying at home, sleeping in my own bed."

Watson's successes this year have come mainly at lower-tier events and she earns a match-up against fourth seed Elena Rybakina.

Francesca Jones was unable to make it a clean sweep for the Brits on the second day, beaten by American McCartney Kessler in straight sets, 6-2 6-4.

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