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Fairytale of New York

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Vincent
Published date13 September 2021
Publication titleCoventry Telegraph
Winning grand slam titles is supposed to be hard - just ask Andy Murray - but his 18-year-old compatriot did not so much clear all the usual hurdles as sidestep them altogether, going home with the trophy in just her second major tournament.

That was an unprecedented feat, as was the fact she won ten matches at the tournament after coming through qualifying, all of them in straight sets.

Raducanu's 6-4 6-3 victory over fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez in the final made her the first British woman since Virginia Wade, who was watching from the stands, 44 years ago to win a slam singles title, and the first in New York since Wade in 1968.

Raducanu is yet to win a match on the WTA Tour and little over three months ago she was a full-time schoolgirl completing her A-Levels, with competitive tennis having taken a back seat for more than a year.

But the teenager's extraordinary talent was evident from an early age and she showed in her run to the fourth round of Wimbledon this summer that a big future lay ahead.

"I've always dreamed of winning a grand slam," said Raducanu. You say, 'I want to win a grand slam', but to have the belief I did, and actually executing, winning a grand slam, I can't believe it.

I don't pressure. 18 years having a anything my Emma "I first started when I was a little girl but I think the biggest thing that you have visions of, for me it was just winning, the winning moment, and going to celebrate with your team in the box. That's been playing in my head a couple of nights. I've fallen asleep to that."

Raducanu's run has been marked by an almost preternatural calmness, which included shutting out the excitement and hype her achievements have generated back home.

The teenager has been inundated with congratulatory messages, including from the Queen, but she said: "I still haven't checked my phone.

"I have absolutely no idea what's going on outside of the little world that we're in here. We've just been in the quiet room, just enjoying the moment, taking it all in. I think we just really need to shut out from everything, just enjoy it as a...

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