Emma Raducanu will do even better and make history at the US Open 2021. 150th player in the world, she competes in the qualifications for the American Grand Slam and successively eliminates the Dutch Bibiane Schoofs (6-1, 6-2), the Georgian Mariam Bolkvadze (6-3, 7-5) and the Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-1, 6-4). In the final table, the Briton leaves no chance to her opponents. Stefanie Vögele (6-2, 6-3), Zhang Shuai (6-2, 6-4), Sara Sorribes Tormo (6-0, 6-1) and Shelby Rogers (6-2, 6-1) are swept, as are the Tokyo Olympic champion Belinda Bencic (6-3, 6-4) in the quarter and the Greek Maria Sakkari (6-1, 6-4) in semi-final. Thanks to this exceptional journey, Emma Raducanu becomes the first person (men and women combined) to compete in a Grand Slam final after going through qualifying. She won again in two sets (6-4, 6-3) against the Canadian Leylah Fernandez. For the first time, a player from qualifying won in a Grand Slam tournament, and what’s more, without losing a single set in ten matches.
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Emma Raducanu is a professional tennis player, born November 13, 2002. Among juniors, the Briton reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon (beaten by Iga Swiatek) and at the US Open (eliminated by Clara Burel). For her first Grand Slam tournament among the pros, on the grass of Wimbledon in 2021, she caused a sensation by reaching the round of 16 even though she benefited from a wild card. Then 338th in the world, she successively eliminated Vitalia Diatchenko (7-6, 6-0), Marketa Vondrousova (6-2, 6-4) and Sorana Cîrstea (6-3, 7-5). Defeated by her stress, she gave up in her round of 16 against Ajla Tomljanovic.
