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Raducanu breaks!
The teenager takes a tumble inside the service box as she chases down a ball and takes it out of the air, only to send it wide. It means Raducanu has three break points, and the fans give Xu some encouragement after her fall.
This time, her volley is a success, and the wildcard saves the first break point with a winner.
The second is saved when Raducanu nets a return. Then the 22-year-old sends the ball wide and it's deuce.
Xu earns a round of applause for an overhead winner, but it's back to deuce when she just pushes the ball outside of the lines.
Raducanu gets lucky when a return clips the net and goes over but the 17-year-old responds, and she wins the rally with a smash.
The rollercoaster continues, and a double fault takes it to deuce again.
Raducanu gives herself another chance to break with a winner of her own, but Xu aces her to stay alive.
They hit back-to-back winners and it's a fifth deuce in the game.
But Raducanu emerges successful and she's 2-0 up. It's her fourth game in a row.
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