Raducanu dazzles crowd in Royal Albert Hall homecoming

LONDON : London's Royal Albert Hall could hardly have provided a more fitting stage for Emma Raducanu's first appearance on a British tennis court since her astonishing U.S. Open triumph.

The stakes were not as high for her exhibition match against Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse as when, as a qualifier ranked 150th in the world, she became Britain's first female Grand Slam champion for 44 years in September. It was her first match on home soil since July when her dream Wimbledon debut came to an end in the fourth round after she retired with breathing difficulties against experienced Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.

Later Ruse handed her racket to a ballboy who rallied with Raducanu and even managed to break serve after some nifty network.

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