The sensation continues! Eighteen-year-old Emma Raducanu sensationally advanced from the qualification to the semifinals at the US Open. The British tennis player, who ranks 150th in the rankings, defeated the 6: 3, 6: 4 Olympic winner and the eleventh seed Belinda Bencicová from Switzerland in today’s quarter-finals in New York.
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Are you serious? Tennis player Emma Raducanu sensationally passed from the qualification to the semifinals at the US Open.
Robert German, Reuters
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Raducanu, the daughter of a Romanian father and a Chinese mother born in Toronto, can be Karolína Plíšková’s semi-final opponent. After midnight, the Czech number one awaits the quarterfinals against the Greek Maria Sakkari.
Raducanu advanced to the semifinals in only her second participation in the grand slam, and she has not lost a set in eight matches, including qualifying. The young British woman was already surprised at Wimbledon, where she reached the eighth final during her grand slam debut.
Eighteen-year-old Emma Raducanu sensationally advanced from the qualification to the semifinals at the US Open. The British tennis player, who ranks up to 150th in the rankings, defeated the Olympic winner 6: 3, 6: 4 in the quarterfinals in New York and the eleventh seed Belinda Bencicová from Switzerland.
Geoff Burke, Reuters
Raducanu reached the semifinals of the US Open as the third player in history outside the elite hundred. In front of her, the great champions Billie Jean King did it in 1979 and thirty years later Kim Clijsters, who triumphed in the 2009 non-ranked comeback in Flushing Meadows.
Among the top four women in this year’s US Open are two teenagers. On Tuesday, the day after her 19th birthday, Canadian Leylah Fernandez advanced to the semifinals, playing against world number two Aryna Sabalenková from Belarus, the quarter-final winner of Barbora Krejčíková.
| US Open Grand Slam in New York (hard surface, $ 57.5 million grant): |
| Women: |
| Singles – Quarterfinals: |
| Raducanu (Brit.) – Bencicová (11-Switzerland) 6: 3, 6: 4. |
| Juniors: |
| Singles – Round 3: |
| Nesterov (BGR) – Menšík (CZE) 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 4. |
| Juniors: |
| Singles – Round 3: |
| Kalievova (12-USA) – L. Fruhvirt (5-CR) 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 4. |
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