Emma Raducanu was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 13th November,2002. She is right handed and turned pro in 2018. She started playing at the age of five at the Bromley Tennis Academy. Her idols are Li Na and Simona Halep.
Raducanu caught everyone's eyes with her sensational performance in the grand slam. She made her WTA tour main draw debut at the 2021 Nottingham Open. Winning that tournament helped her qualify for the 2021 Wimbledon championship as a wildcard contestant.
In the first round, she defeated V. Diatchenko by (7(7)-6(4),6-0). The first set went to tiebreaker but in the second set she ran riot past her opponent. This was her first grand slam in her career and she eased past to the next round. In the second round, she defeated M. Vondrousova by (6-2,6-4). Another straight set win for Raducanu . Her beautiful display started to grab everyone's eyes and being a British she already started becoming everyone's favourite. Looking at the English football team play some beautiful football at the Euros and Raducanu progressing well through the tournament , the crowds couldn't resist their excitement . By reaching the third round of the tournament she was already a record holder of being the youngest British player to reach the third round in this championship. In the third round, she defeated Sorana Cirstea (6-3, 7-5). It was a brilliant display from her and looking at her performance, it was safe to say that she was looking for something big. By reaching the fourth round, she became the youngest British to reach this stage in the open era. Another day , another record.
In the fourth round, she faced A. Tomljanovic and unfortunately she had to retire for breathing problems. Everyone was shocked and disappointed but sportsperson from different field stood by her side. The 18 year old was seen clearly struggling, clutching her stomach and gasping for breath. After some super intense rallies , she started to breathe heavily and felt dizzy. The medical team advised her not to carry on. It was not a fairytale end but she made everyone proud with her performance.
As she had a brilliant tournament, let's look into her stats.
Aces-12 Challenges- 10, Overturned- 2, Overturned percentage-20% Double faults -17, First serves points won 113 of 148=76% First serve receiving points-65
Second serve return points-73 Break points won -15
She will take away not only €181,000 but also see her ranking rise sharply from 338. Then she will await her leaving exam results nervously having sat maths and economics in April. We will all look forward to her in future grand slams tournaments and hope to see more such brilliant performances from her.
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