Emma Raducanu made history. She went to school three months ago. Now the 18-year-old defeated Leylah Fernandez, who is just two months older, in two sets in the final of the US Open in New York. Even the Queen sent her congratulations. Raducanu started the year at number 336 in the world rankings. Before the start of the US Open, she had already moved up to 150th place. But there has never been a qualifier who wins the title at a Grand Slam. Her victory means that she is now one of the top 24 players in the world. A curious story accompanied her US Open victory. When a moderator asked what goal she was aiming for before her first-round qualifier at the US Open, the player replied: She wanted to win enough prize money to replace her lost AirPods. After winning the championship, the teenager raked in $ 2.5 million. This means that the 18-year-old British woman can now buy as many AirPods as she wants. Raducanu is also making history in this respect: after 44 years she is the first British player to win a women’s Grand Slam tournament. After her victory, the 18-year-old is not only celebrated in the social networks, the British woman is now also a welcome guest on US TV. On Instagram, she proudly shows her name on the US Open “Wall of Fame”. Instagram users are impressed by her carefree nature and are happy with her about her surprise success. In January, she tweeted about her high school graduation, now her face is emblazoned on the advertising walls in New York. On a short video from New York, the “Women’s Tennis Association” comments “If you can make it there… ????” an allusion to the Frank Sinatra song “New York New York” – “If you are successful here, then do you have it everywhere “.
