Emma Raducanu wins US Open title

by Agence France Presse

Sep 12, 2021 5:54 am

BRITAIN'S 18-year-old Emma Raducanu became the first qualifier to capture a Grand Slam title by defeating Canada's 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez on Saturday in the US Open women's final.

Raducanu, ranked 150th, was the first British woman in 44 years to win a Slam crown after dispatching 73rd-ranked left-hander Fernandez 6-4, 6-3.

US OPEN CHAMPION Great Britain's Emma Raducanu wins the US Open, her first Grand Slam title and the first for a qualifier, on Sept. 11, 2021. Fernandez beat Canadian Leylah Fernandez, 6-4, 6-3.

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