The unseeded Emma Raducanu of England has won the US Open 2021. She set the records straight by winning the grand slam without dropping a single set during the entire tournament. She went from qualifiers to winning the slam in a dream-like US Open tournament. Raducanu defeated Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the final at Flushing Meadows.
The 18-year old Emma Raducanu won 10 straight matches to come from the qualifying stage to win the US Open. She was ranked 150th in the ATP rankings before the tournament. She's only the second woman to win the singles championship since Serena Williams in 2014, without dropping a single set.
It was an all-teenager final for the second time in the history of the US Open. The first was played in 1999 between Serena Williams (17) and Martina Hingis (18). Raducanu is the first British woman to win a grand slam in 41 years. Virginia Wade was the previous winner of the Wimbledon in 1977. She is also the second-youngest to win the slam since maria Sharapova in 2004.
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Raducanu's opponent, Fernandez also shone in the tournament. No one in the crowd knew which way the match could go as Fernandez too had a great run in the tournament defeating the likes of defending champion Naomi Osaka and 2016 champ Angelique Kerber, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, and No. 5 Elina Svitolina.
Raducanu stepped up and earned break points early in both sets making the path towards her first grand slam title, that much easier.
In the men's tournament, Novak Djokovic vs Daniil Medvedev final will be played early on Monday as per IST. Medvedev has a great chance of coming out as a giant killer.