Ranked a hundred and fiftieth on the earth coming into the event, Raducanu’s fairytale profitable run has been the factor of goals.
The Briton didn’t drop a set on the best way to her maiden main title, displaying poise and composure which belied her years on the largest stage conceivable.
Raducanu additionally turned the youngest grand slam singles champion since 17-year-old Maria Sharapova gained Wimbledon in 2004.
Her achievement is made much more exceptional when one considers she has but to win a primary draw match on the WTA Tour. Now she is a grand slam winner.
Afterwards, she paid tribute to Fernandez and the robust take a look at she put up within the last, in addition to hailing the way forward for girls’s tennis.
“I hope we’ll play one another in additional finals and in additional matches on the Tour, on these levels, on such events like this on Arthur Ashe,” she advised CNN Sport’s Carolyn Manno.
“I imply it is so fulfilling and for the grand slam last right here to have two of us which might be younger and coming by means of, it undoubtedly simply exhibits how sturdy the way forward for tennis is and hopefully we’ll have the ability to comply with within the footsteps of among the legends which have performed and which might be taking part in proper now.”
‘A star is born’
The US Open’s first all-teen last since 1999 had the tennis world at a standstill.
And the 2 kids did not disappoint, displaying flashes of brilliance and resilience as they did battle at Flushing Meadows.
Nevertheless, regardless of Fernandez’s finest efforts, she was unable to cease Raducanu’s meteoric rise, turning into the UK’s first girls’s grand slam singles champion in 44 years.
Messages of congratulations poured in for Raducanu within the aftermath alongside the Queen’s.
Billie Jean King, 18-time grand slam singles winner, praised the subsequent era of tennis gamers, in addition to the New York crowd.
“It’s great to see this era dwelling our dream. I can not keep in mind a US Open with higher crowd help. Thanks, NY, the best followers on the earth.”
Raducanu herself mentioned that the end result hadn’t fairly hit her simply but.
“It nonetheless hasn’t sunk in as a result of after the match, I have not actually had a second to only cease and simply embrace every thing that is simply occurred,” she defined.
“However I can not wait to only actually sink in with my workforce tonight and revel in and have fun after which after I get again dwelling, to see everybody again dwelling. It has been seven weeks away now so to go dwelling now, I am simply actually excited to see my household and mates.”
