Emma Raducanu completed her historical tally done the U.S. Open by beating Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 for her archetypal Grand Slam title.
Raducanu was already the archetypal subordinate successful the nonrecreational era, dating to 1968, to travel done the qualifying rounds to scope the last of a large tournament. The 18-year-old from Britain past won it, becoming the youngest Grand Slam champion since 17-year-old Maria Sharapova astatine Wimbledon successful 2004.
"I deliberation it shows that the aboriginal of women's tennis and the extent is truthful great. I deliberation each azygous subordinate has a changeable astatine winning the tournament," Raducanu said during the trophy presentation.
"First of each I truly privation to congratulate Leylah connected her unthinkable fortnight. It was an incredibly hard lucifer but I thought the prime was truly high.
"I anticipation that maine and Leylah enactment connected a bully show today."
Watching successful the stands was Virginia Wade, the past pistillate subordinate from Great Britain to triumph a major, which Raducanu recovered inspiring.
"It means truthful overmuch to person Virginia present and besides Tim [Henman]. To person specified legends and British icons here. It decidedly gave maine content I could bash it," she said.
Raducanu wins the archetypal acceptable successful US Open final
In conscionable her 2nd Grand Slam tournament, Raducanu ended the tourney arsenic the archetypal subordinate since Serena Williams successful 2014 to not driblet a acceptable successful the U.S. Open.
She closed retired the lucifer aft needing a aesculapian timeout during her work crippled for attraction aft cutting her knee.
"Is she getting stitches? What is taking truthful long? You cleanable it and enactment a band-aid connected it," ESPN commentator Chris McKendry said.
"She was bleeding each the mode down her shin."
Raducanu spoke astir however she was capable to support calm and service retired the lucifer contempt the stoppage and momentum swinging to Fernandez.
"Leyla is ever going to play large tennis and fight, that's wherefore she is successful the final. I knew I had to excavation deep," she said.
"I was conscionable praying not for a treble responsibility but we got done it and conscionable staying successful the infinitesimal and focusing connected what I had to bash and my mindset conscionable truly helped successful those pugnacious times."
Fernandez knocked retired 3 top-five players en way to the last but couldn't find the vigor for a comeback aft playing 4 consecutive three-set matches.
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