New York: British teenager who was not squeezed by Emma Raducanu turned from qualifying to champions in the US Open only in the second appearance in the grand slam tournament.
Raducanu defeated Canadian teen Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the final in Flushing Meadows on Saturday to become the first player to go early qualification round to the main title in the professional era.
Raducanu who was 18 years old, who was ranked 150th, finally won all the 20 sets he played in New York _ Six in qualifying, 14 on the main draw _ and was the first woman to win a single championship since dropping a set.
Serena Williams in 2014.
This is the first major final between two teenagers since Williams, 17, defeated Martina Hingis, 18, in 1999 the US was open and the first between two women who were not trusted.
Raducanu went bankrupt to rise 4-2 in the second set, held for 5-2 and twice is the point to win the title in the next match.
But he let the two opportunities escape by putting his clogged into the goal.
Then at 5-3, while Raducanu served for the match, he slid in court chasing the ball to the backhand side, lowering his left knee.
A coach came out to put a white bandage on cutting and, during a delay of more than four minutes, Fernandez _ hander left 19 years from Canada ranked 73rd _ talking to the chairman of referee Marija Veljovic.
When they continued, Raducanu saved a pair of rest points, then converted on the third chance to close it, end Ace 108 mph.
He dropped his racket, landed on his back and covered his face with both hands.
Raducanu is the first British woman who won the Grand Slam trophy since Virginia Wade in Wimbledon in 1977.
She is also the youngest player to claim the main title of women since Maria Sharapova is 17 years old at Wimbledon in 2004.
Fernandez was asked during pre-prime assessing the interview in the hallway which leads from the changing room to the entrance of the court what he expects as the biggest challenge on Saturday.
“ Honest, “he replied,` `I don’t know.
” Fair.
Both he or Raducanu could not really know what to expect in one of the most preferred matches in the history of the Grand Slam.
Both of them walked out into the hard ovation _ Fernandez slightly harder _ and wearing their equipment bag with both straps above their shoulders, as someone might do with a backpack for secondary school (Raducanu recently completed his exam) or college.
The two of them have played like veterans during these weeks in red grasslands, with tranquility and making veteran shots.
The final is entertaining and, mostly, even, is filled with long points and long games.
Talent and affinity for the big stage both have no wrong.
It took 28 minutes because only four matches, with a break and each holding it made it 2-all.
Both of them spend occasional time.
In the others, both of them appear with goods, produce the superiority of the running baseline.
The first four sets of the second set opened in the same way _ 2-all after the break and each hold.
One significant difference came at the beginning of the points, because that’s where Fernandez shaken more.
He put only 58% of the first screen, finished with five double errors, helping Raducanu accumulate 18 break points.
Raducanu converts four of them.
The crowd was very calm just before and as long as the point that could be heard of the right foot Raducanu while waiting to receive a service or whisper of his breath while swinging his racket.
And people _ happy to return to the place after the ban on Pandemi last year from all the audience _ became very hard after them, especially celebrating along with the left-handed physical coach Fernandez, who would jump out of the front corner chair and shake his fist when everything became Road players.
Fernandez _ group includes mother, but not a father, who lives at home in Florida, where they move after the initial success in the junior a few years ago _ is in the guest box assigned to a higher ranked player.
The status of Fernandez is not used to in the tournament when he defeats four straight flagship women, each in three sets: defending champions Naomi Osaka and 2016 Champ Angelique Kerber, No.
2 Aryna Sabalenka and No.
5 Elina Svitolina.
So Fernandez came to have spent more than 12 1/2 hours in court through six matches; The total Raducanu is a little more than 7 1/2 hours in the main lottery.
That seems to be a factor.
Raducanu Emma British won the US Open
