Emma Raducanu, 18, is the first British woman in 44 years to win a Grand Slam honor and the first winner of a competition.
Britain’s 18-year-old Emma Raducanu was the first to compete in the Grand Slam title when she defeated 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez of Canada, in the final of the US Open women’s tennis tournament on Saturday.
Raducanu at number 150 finished his Grand Slam legend by beating Fernandez differently – 6-4, 6-3 – to become the crown.
She is Britain’s first woman in 44 years to win the Grand Slam.
Ever since Virginia Wade in 1977 at Wimbledon a British woman has won a major competition, and Raducanu was the first Briton to take the US Open crown since Wade in 1968.
Wade and British men’s tennis legend Tim Henman was one of 23,700 electricians at the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the end of the Slam among the unselected players.
“It means a lot to have Virginia here and Tim,” Raducanu said He said when he wins. “Having British myths and statues, to follow, really helped me and made me believe I could do it.”
Dreams come true @EmmaRaducanu ? pic.twitter.com/gAYrRBlh4t
– US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 11, 2021
One hour, 51 minutes
The demonstration of prodigy skills was the first of the Slam since 17-year-old Serena Williams beat 18-year-old Martina Hingis in the 1999 US Open title.
The much-anticipated conference drama brought problems from the beginning.
Fernandez secured a five-point break in his opening game before giving up 10 minutes per minute to give Raducanu 2-0.
Fernandez came back in the third game, Raducanu pulling backhand during the fourth break which he met.
With each dynamic game and fun shooting, the first part is hung on the edge of the game after the game.
Raducanu forced three stops while Fernandez still served 10 games, but sent backhands long, wide and into the net. In his fourth chance, Raducanu shot the winner to receive the first place after 58 minutes.
In the second period, Fernandez kept three places of rest and remained 1-1 and then broke Raducanu’s goal to take it 2-1.
Raducanu bounced back from 2-2, shot the winner back in court to score, and then beat the Canadian winner by hand to make it 4-2.
Raducanu grabbed and forced two matches in Fernandez’s game in the eighth game but sent off a clear shot and headed straight for Fernandez’s 5-3 win.
Fernandez had a 30-40 chance to rest in the ninth game when Raducanu climbed on the court on his left knee with a bleeding opening, the game ended when the coach tied the wound.
Fernandez, wiping away tears, complained to the hospital’s emergency medical services spokesperson, but to no avail. After the game resumed, Fernandez sent a long shot to waste a break and Raducanu finished the story an hour and 51 minutes later in his third game.
You have done this ? ?@EmmaRaducanu makes British history to #Open and unprecedented performance ? pic.twitter.com/4ojIaZS9fs
– GB Group (@TeamGB) September 11, 2021
‘A star is born’
Raducanu has been the youngest player in the US Open since Serena Williams in 1999 and the first US Open women’s champion to stay in the role since Williams in 2014.
She had the lowest starting Slam of any women’s Slam, until the fourth quarter in July at Wimbledon when she first appeared in the Slam when Fernandez won just four matches in six pre-Slam games.
She has also been the youngest leader in the Grand Slam since 17-year-old Maria Sharapova won at Wimbledon in 2004.
Legend of tennis Martina Navratilova praised Raducanu for his victory on Saturday.
“The star is born- Emma Raducanu makes history – she hasn’t had any male or female winners – and she’s just starting out,” Navratilova he wrote. “Leylah Fernandez is back – they are all experts but Emma has the cup – she has done well !!”
Queen Elizabeth II too he thanked Raducanu on winning the competition, calling his performance “the best at a young age” and one that “will inspire the next generation of tennis players”.