Emma Raducanu became the new face of world women’s tennis by winning her first Grand Slam title after defeating Canadian Leylah Fernández 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open final, completing a spectacular career in the first. Final for a teenage girl in Flushing Meadows since 1999.
Emma Raducanu was born in Toronto on November 13, 2002. The current champion of the United States Open has a particular mixture in her origins, since her mother named Renee is Chinese and her father named Ian is Romanian.
They currently reside in Great Britain, where they moved when they were two years old. His family is dedicated to finances, as his parents share the tasks of managing and keeping the accounts of several companies.
Her sisters Halep and Li Na are her great friends and even confidants. Halep was born in Romania and has a great talent for cooking and takes training courses for accounting alongside her studies. While Li Na, who was born in China, has a passion for music and likes to write.
“I want to leave you a message: you can be a normal child, who goes to school, who does normal things, and achieve great results in what you do”
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— ESPN Tenis (@ESPNtenis) September 17, 2021
At 13 years of age in the junior category, Raducanu won his first tennis tournament in the city of Liverpool. Likewise, its three consecutive titles in 2018 in the countries of India, Moldova and Lithuania stand out. He reached the quarterfinals of the junior Wimbledon and US Open tournaments in early 2019, but ended that year by winning the Israel and Turkey tournaments as a senior professional.
She debuted in the main draw of a WTA tournament at the Nottingham Open in 2021, after receiving an invitation to the singles draw. He also debuted in the main draw of a Grand Slam at Wimbledon 2021 after another invitation.
On April 3 of this year she became the youngest British tennis player to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon of the Open Era, after beating Romanian Sorana Cirstea. However, she ended her participation in the tournament by falling to the Croatian-Australian, Ajla Tomljanovic.
With her victory over Leylah Fernández Raducanu became the first player in the history of tennis, male or female, to win ten matches in the same competition and to reach a Grand Slam final from the previous qualifying phase. This achievement was also done without losing a single set and without having played a tie break.
Emma Raducanu recently told in an interview for Yahoo Sports that her cell phone was damaged due to the hundreds of notifications she received during her participation in the US Open.
“It was something very crazy, in fact my cell phone was damaged due to the many messages I received because of what I did in the United States tournament.”
