In the early morning of the 25th, the Laureus Annual Awards, which symbolize the highest honor of sports, were announced, and Jamaican flying woman Elaine Thompson Hera won the Lawrence Annual Best Female Athlete Award. F1 driver Verstappen won the Male Athlete of the Year award. Chinese American Open champion Emma Raducannu defeated Quan Hongchan and Gu Ailing to win the Breakthrough of the Year award.
The news of Radukanu's award was announced by her idol, Li Na. Li Na sent her blessings to Raducano in the clouds, and she announced the award in English, "As a member of the Lawrence Academy, I am very happy that I and the other members of the Academy have selected you as the Laurel Breakout Award winner of the year. Then Li Na used her Chinese to express her congratulations to Raducanu again, "Congratulations to you Emma again, I hope we will see each other soon." ”
After receiving congratulations from the idol, Radukanu expressed his gratitude to the idol in English and Chinese. She said that it is of great significance to be able to learn the news of the award from Li Na's mouth, and throughout her tennis career, Li Na has been her own role model, and her figure on the court is still vividly remembered. Then Emma said with Chinese: "Li Na, you are my favorite tennis star, I want to say thank you, I also want to see you, goodbye!" ”
The 2022 Lawrence World Sports Awards ceremony was held online, and Raducano won the Breakthrough of the Year Award
The idol is Li Na
"She inspires me"
Raducano was born in Canada to a Shenyang mother and a Romanian father. On Raducano's social media site, she lists Toronto in Canada, London in the United Kingdom, Shenyang in China and Bucharest in Romania as her favorite cities. She herself speaks fluent Chinese, often returns to the northeast to visit her grandmother, loves to eat hot pot, grilled meat and spinach, and exercises her reflexes in the table tennis hall in Shenyang. In a previous interview with CGTN, she said that she likes Chinese food such as cold dishes, dumplings, hot pots, etc. "I especially like to go to the park with my grandmother, and when I go to the park in China, everyone dances there and is very happy." ”
Born in Toronto in 2002, Raducannu moved to London as a two-year-old. With the support of his parents, Dukanu experimented with various sports from an early age. In addition to tennis, she learned horse riding, swimming, tap dancing, basketball, skiing, golf, and even go-karts and motocross bikes. This is also very similar to Gu Ailing.
Since focusing on the development of professional tennis, Raducanu has absorbed the nutrition of all aspects of tennis training. Her tennis idols are Li Na in China and Simone Halep in Romania, and Raducannu says she likes Li Na's strong fighting spirit and Halep's flexible movement on the court. Radukanu has said many times, "Li Na is a fighter, her convictions are firm, her heart is very strong, I still remember her duel with Schiavone in the French Open final, she was very tough and impressed me!" I learned a lot from Li Na and she inspired me. ”
Now, fans have designed a group photo for Raducano, Raducanu and Li Na shaking hands, and it is on the field. Apparently, Raducano and Li Na had never fought. But at this moment, Radukanu's dream came true. She also set up the composite photo as the avatar of her social media account, which is a handshake across time and space.
Raducannu has a good relationship with Chinese players, and she and Zhang Shuai have also practiced together. This time Raducannu said after sweeping Zhang Shuai in the second round to advance, "I know her level, it will be a tough game, so I will try all kinds of tactics in the game." ”
While waiting for the college entrance examination results
One side is hanging on the tennis world
How lucky is Raducannu? To put it simply, it was the first player since entering the Open era who had not won even a WTA game before winning a Grand Slam singles title. The first competition of 2021 was on June 7, when Raducanu's world ranking was 366, when she had just finished the British college entrance examination, and while waiting for the results, she got the wild card qualification of the Wimbledon organizing committee, and then began to perform like a hanging. As the lowest-ranked player in the signing table, the 18-year-old directly reached the round of sixteen, becoming the youngest women's round of sixteen in Wimbledon in the Open era, and the ranking also soared from 300 miles away to the top 150 in the world.
Two months later, at the US Open, Raducannu started all the way from the qualifiers and finally won 11 consecutive games, creating a miracle again, becoming the first qualifier in the history of the Grand Slam to win the singles tournament, and after scoring 2,000 points, he directly came to the top 25 in the world.
The game of Radukanu is based on Visual China
Raducannu's calm attitude at the US Open was praised by the outside world. In this regard, Raducannu said that this comes from the exercise and cultivation of parents from childhood. "Li Na and Halep both come from countries where they work very hard, my mother came to Bai Shenyang, I used to go to Shenyang for training in the summer, and my mother always warned me to abide by discipline and respect others: my parents are also lefen workers, and they are my role models."
Raducano's parents are both in the financial industry, and the requirements for Raducano are not only on the pitch, but also on learning. Before this US Open, the United Kingdom implemented closed management due to the epidemic. Radukanu not only has to cope with the British A-LEVEL exam, but also can not be left behind in tennis training, she A-LEVEL exam, in both mathematics and economics, her training court next to the school. Even with the heavy task of reviewing exams, she can still guarantee a period of normal training. "This kind of training is really helpful to me," Raducannu said in an interview.
Li Na's agent acted as a pusher
Business cooperation soared
Beautiful appearance, mixed-race charming temperament, natural fashion temperament, proficient in the Three Chinese of China, England and Romania, are important conditions for Raducano to be able to mix in the fashion industry, but the most important thing is that Raducannu is the first British women's singles player in the past 44 years to win a singles title in a tennis Grand Slam.
After Raducannu won the Grand Slam title, he also got the favor of many commercial brands. According to the statistics of British media and several well-known financial media, Raducannu has signed at least 8 top sponsorship contracts, and she is expected to become the highest-paid female athlete in history in the next 10 years, and the overall career income is predicted to be between $300 million and $1 billion. Raducano, who was still studying a year ago, has been specially cared for by Max Essenbad since signing a contract with IMG Management, and Essenbad is Li Na and Sharapova's agent. It is estimated that Raducano may have been worth more than £10 million since winning the US Open women's singles title.
On April 23, 2022, Raducanu participated in the official driving experience activity of a certain brand of cars according to Visual China
Although his performance on the pitch was perfect, Raducannu kept a low profile, "I don't think my performance can be called perfect, I still have a lot to improve." 」 Every game, I have a tough moment. After winning the US Open, Raducannu also filmed a video of thanking fans for their support with Chinese, and later opened his own Chinese social media account to say hello to everyone, and his fluent Mandarin was liked by many netizens.
High-value, high-level, low-key and humble, 19-year-old Radulcannu is expected to become another Chinese face that has become popular in the international sports world like Gu Ailing.
Red Star News reporter Hu Minjuan
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