Emma Raducanu, the 18-year-old British phenom, completed her shocking run through the U.S. Open with a straight-sets victory over Leylah Fernandez of Canada on Saturday that will surely go down as one of the great underdog journeys in the history of sports. Raducanu, ranked 150th in the world and barely
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Emma Raducanu Wins First Set in U.S. Open Final
Continuing a streak that began in the qualifying draw, Emma Raducanu won her 19th consecutive set at this U.S. Open in style, but it was a battle like none have been before for her. The 18-year-old from Britain earned double set point with her opponent, Leylah Fernandez, serving at 4-5,
Emma Raducanu Beats Maria Sakkari to Advance to U.S. Open Final
Two teenage women who were barely known to anyone other than the most devout tennis fans before this U.S. Open will vie for the singles championship on Saturday in what has to be the most improbable matchup for a Grand Slam final since the modern era of tennis began more
Leylah Fernandez and Emma Raducanu To Meet Saturday in U.S. Open Final
Raducanu, whose parents work in finance, does not appear to be fueled by a desire to quiet the skeptics and, unlike Fernandez, she was not firmly set on being a professional tennis player until recently. “Maybe two years ago,” she said. “I always had my education as a backup. I
Emma Raducanu Plays Shelby Rogers at the U.S. Open
The most inexperienced players also looked the most comfortable in the first week of the U.S. Open. Starting in the qualifying draw, Emma Raducanu of Britain has won all six of her matches in straight sets, without needing a tiebreaker in any of them. Her most recent win was her
Carlos Alcaraz Upsets Stefanos Tsitsipas, Emma Raducanu Advances at the U.S. Open
“I’m ready to play on anything, even the park at the back P17,” she said, referring to the outer practice courts in Flushing Meadows. On Saturday on a bigger stage, the larger Court 17, Raducanu rolled on, beating Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1. Alcaraz had
The Novel That Impressed Harry Kinds and Emma Corrin’s Upcoming Movie
MY POLICEMANBy Bethan Roberts Possibly you noticed the paparazzi photographs that leaked final spring: Harry Kinds and Emma Corrin, two of Britain’s most feverishly obsessed-over younger stars, hanging out collectively on a pebbly seaside within the resort city of Brighton. Decked out in Nineteen Fifties leisure put on, they had
Who’s the Most Embellished Olympic Swimmer in Tokyo? Emma McKeon of Australia.
TOKYO — Essentially the most adorned Olympic swimmer in Tokyo is … Caeleb Dressel? Katie Ledecky? Nope. It’s Emma McKeon of Australia, whose haul of seven medals ties her for the file by any feminine Olympian, set in 1952 on the Helsinki Video games by the gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya of