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Emma Raducanu, winning tribute article US Open 2021

Monday, July 5, 2021. It is a warm summer afternoon and I am about to enjoy the last match of the day at Wimbledon 2021, with an exotic-looking young woman who is being talked about wonders: Emma Raducanu. It is the round of 16 of the tournament and I have not had the opportunity to enjoy this rough diamond that was astonishing in the cathedral of tennis. I stir in the seat when I see the naturalness in the blows and, above all, the ease of moving around the court of a girl who came to the tournament being the tenth best British tennis player and out of the 300 best in the world. However, the excitement and amazement turn to stupor when seeing how he leaves the party in panic, stage fright and media pressure.

It is not for less. Being a young rising star is not easy anywhere, let alone in the UK, where the press rises to glory and plunges into the mud with equal fervor and assertiveness. Although it is true that she was wasting talent, I could never have imagined that just two months after such a gruesome episode, this teenager who has graduated from high school with an AQ and standing out for her analytical mind in mathematics and economics, would win 9 games at US Open 2021, without losing a single set. His feat is difficult to overcome, but the most impressive thing is not what, but how.

Can Emma Raducanu maintain this trend or will she accuse the media exposure and hangover of success?

With an overwhelming naturalness, a way of reducing the unexpected pressure and a tennis with shots that look more like bows approaching a target at full speed, Raducanu, daughter of a Romanian father and Chinese mother, has been crowned in the city of opportunities and has dazzled where the show shines brightest. New York, the cradle of cosmopolitanism and a lover of the exotic and the different, sees how a unique tennis squanders all imaginable precocious records and makes women’s tennis enter a new paradigm. The big question is if this is a flower of a day or will it be the beginning of something big, if Emma will accuse the change of life that is coming or will continue to enjoy on the track with the naivety of a girl and the intelligence of a veteran. Only time will tell, but in the meantime, let’s enjoy something never seen before in world tennis.

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