Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa Beijing Prediction 9/27/2025 Today’s Tennis Picks

Number 30 seed Emma Raducanu will face World No. 67 Cristina Bucsa in the second round of the 2025 China Open in Beijing. The match is scheduled for Saturday, September 27. Here’s our Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa prediction. This preview will also include an Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa pick.

Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa Preview

Emma Raducanu begins her China Open campaign in the second round stage. She is seeded in what will be her first appearance in this WTA 1000 tournament. Raducanu started this swing playing Seoul a week ago, she won a match there against Jaqueline Cristian, but lost in the second round stage to Barbora Krejcikova in a marathon encounter.

Raducanu regained her spot as the top-ranked British woman this season and is now pushing to re-enter the top 30. She is currently two spots away after compiling 27 wins and 19 losses in 2025. Raducanu’s best results have come on hard courts, where she’s 16-11 for the season. Raducanu has reached the quarterfinals of the Miami Open and semifinals of the Washington Open.

Cristina Bucsa is unseeded in Beijing and won her opening match against Croatia’s Donna Vekic in straight sets. The match took 18 games to decide and lasted an hour and 23 minutes. Bucsa dominated the first set, where she was all over the Vekic serve and broke it three times to win the set 6-2.

Vekic twice led the second set, but each time she broke, she was broken back almost immediately. Bucsa won four games in a row from 2-4 down to complete a 6-2, 6-4 win. Bucsa landed 54% of first serves in play and won 68% of first serve points (23/34). She won 45% of second serve points (13/29) and saved four of seven break points.

Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa Head-To-Head

Raducanu and Bucsa have played twice, with both meetings happening this season. Bucsa won their first clash in Singapore in three sets. But Raducanu got her revenge at Wimbledon, where she dropped just three games in a first-round clinic.

Emma Raducanu vs Cristina Bucsa Prediction

Raducanu has played exceptionally well against lower-ranked players, and a notable gap exists between her and the elite crop, with her last three defeats all coming against Grand Slam champions. That doesn’t diminish Bucsa’s chances who beat Raducanu on an indoor hard court earlier this season, and is a player willing to stay patient until her chances come to fruition. But Raducanu’s tactical and mental clarity this season should ease her path in Beijing.