Raducanu completes fairy tale by winning US Open

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Britain’s Emma Raducanu completed a Grand Slam fairy tale on Sunday morning (Sept 12, Singapore time) by beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the battle of the teens to be crowned US Open champion. The 18-year-old became the first-ever qualifier to win a Grand...

All the more remarkable was that Raducanu’s march to the title required 10 matches, including three wins in qualifying, and she did it without dropping a single set along the way. She swatted aside more experienced opponents with the same ease as she hammered winners.

Both players walked out onto a frothing Arthur Ashe Stadium court with looks that suggested ‘I can’t believe I am here’ and with ear-to-ear grins but they quickly had their game faces on. “It was an incredibly difficult match but I thought the level was extremely high,” said Raducanu. “Leylah’s always going to play great tennis and always going to fight – that’s just the competitor she is... I think just staying in the moment, focusing on what I had to do... really helped in those tough times.”

The battling Canadian mounted a fightback to stay alive and when the Briton went out to serve for the match in the next game, Raducanu bent down so low to retrieve the ball, she ended up with blood pouring down her left leg after dragging her knee across the court surface and needed a medical time out – much to the frustration of Fernandez who had just earned a break-point.

 

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