Raducanu can rule like Steffi did - Wade

Published date13 September 2021
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
VIRGINIA Wade compared Emma Raducanu to some of the greats of the game after her stunning US Open triumph.

The 18-year-old emulated Wade by becoming the first British woman to win the singles title in New York for 53 years, and the first to claim a grand slam title since Wade's famous 1977 Wimbledon success.

That she did it as a teenage qualifier ranked 150 in the world and without dropping a set made it an achievement hard to comprehend.

"When you think about what she's done, to be a qualifier and win all those matches in a row and being so young, it's just exceptional," said Wade.

"It's more than exceptional. It's something that when she's out of her tennis career she can look back and think, 'Oh my goodness, was that really possible?' It really is an impossible success that she's had."

Wade watched from the stands at Flushing Meadows as Raducanu made fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez her final victim, defeating the 19-year-old Canadian 6-4 6-3.

Raducanu has been both calm yet wide-eyed with delight at her...

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