bodic vazan shul taught Emma raducanu an important lesson bodic vazan shul taught Emma raducanu a valuable lesson after claiming the biggest win of his career at the US Open the Dutchman secured a remarkable triumph over Carlos alcaraz in straight sets pulling off one of the greatest shocks in Grand Slam history vanzan schul was the heavy Underdog going into the match but produced the display of his life to earn a comfortable 61 7564 Victory he was allowed to dominate proceedings with alcaraz making a series of uncharacteristic errors as he slumped to defeat speaking after the match Vana anul explained that was full of confidence after dropping down to Challenger level to find his form ahead of the US Open I needed more self-confidence after Wimbledon he said I played a few challengers in Europe and I think that boosted my self-confidence the tour is tough you can play well and still only have two matches a week his approach was very different to that of raducanu who played just three matches between Wimbledon and the US Open she skipped the Olympics before missing the Canadian open and Cincinnati open after being denied wild cards for both tournaments ratanu chose not to take part in qualifying for the latter instead opting for a training block ahead of her return to Flushing Meadows her inactivity came back to bite her with the one-time US Open Champion losing to Sophia Kennan in the first round