The 18-year-old Chinese tennis girl turned out to be a new number of records! In two months, she went from an obscure tennis player with a world ranking of 300 to a 10-game winning streak to become the youngest Grand Slam winner since 2004 at Wimbledon.
In the women's singles final of the recently concluded US Open (hereinafter referred to as the "US Open"), 18-year-old Chinese (Mixed Chinese and Romanian) young player Emma Raducanu won from the qualifier to the final, winning 10 consecutive games and finally winning the cup.
Emma has set a number of new records in the tennis world -
In 44 years, the first woman in the United Kingdom to reach the grand slam singles final; the first British female player to reach the final of the US Open in 53 years; the youngest British Grand Slam finalist in 62 years; the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title in the history of the Open era, the lowest ranking player in the world...
Even the Queen of England wrote to her, praising her for achieving so much at such a young age.
Emma was born in 2002 in Toronto, Canada, to a Romanian father and a mother from Shenyang, China.
Some netizens joked that when my mother called "Emma", she may feel particularly kind.
Both parents worked in finance and Emma settled in London when she was two years old.
When I was a child, my parents didn't think much about raising Emma. Golf, skiing, ballet, tap dancing, swimming and a range of other sports Emma has tried.
She also enjoys playing some very strong sports, go-karting, horseback riding, basketball, and off-road biking, which she will all be.
Emma is also a die-hard fan of F1 racing.
"When I was a kid, I was the only girl in the group who played go-karts or off-road bikes, which I thought was pretty cool. Once, the motocross teacher asked us to do push-ups, and I was the only one who could do it, and I was particularly proud. ”
In the end, however, she chose the sport of tennis. From the age of 5, Emma began learning to play tennis at the Bromley Tennis Academy.
It was also at a young age that she showed a talent for tennis.
Emma's elementary school teacher was very impressed with her: "She is particularly athletic, and every sprint on sports day, she is the one who wins.
She was shy, but in the summer of the first grade of elementary school, we had tennis training, and children of that age were lucky to touch the ball.
But Emma was able to play against the coach, we couldn't believe it, at that time, I was thinking, maybe one day in the future, we can see her at Wimbledon. ”
Her talent was also discovered early on by the British Tennis Association, which included her in the "LTA Pro Scholarship Programme" program, which aims to propel 16-24-year-old British players into the TOP 100 of ATP and WTA, watching and providing her with all kinds of help.
Emma won her first ITF Junior Championship the week of her 13th birthday, and 13 is the minimum age allowed to compete. In May 2018, under the age of 16, she won her first ITF 15K event, and in November of the following year she won another ITF 25K event. In the Grand Slam Junior Competition, she reached the women's singles quarterfinals of Wimbledon and US Open in 2018. ”
Sure enough, just in June this year, a few weeks after Emma finished the college entrance examination, she participated in the Wimbledon (which is usually known as Wimbledon) in the adult group for the first time, and directly broke into the fourth round.
At that time, her performance attracted strong attention in britain.
English football star Gary Reinkel also made his opinion, and sent three applause expressions: "Wow! The 18-year-old @EmmaRaducanu behaved fantastically! Fearless, fierce and wonderful. Played too well. ”
Although in later competitions she withdrew due to breathing difficulties and dizziness.
But more than two months later, at the U.S. Open, she proved her prowess.
This is really an unstoppable rhythm, you know, this US Open victory is only the second time that the young girl who has just reached adulthood has participated in a Grand Slam tournament.
What is even more surprising is that before this US Open, the main time occupied by Raducano was the British A-LEVEL examination. She got her A's in both math and economics.
So, her former coach also said, "Because of the preparation for the college entrance examination, she has not practiced for several months before, and this US Open is not her full potential." “
It is hard to imagine how good this young girl will be in the future.
After winning the championship, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom sent her a congratulatory message for the first time: "At such a young age, you have achieved a remarkable achievement, which proves your hard work and dedication. ”
Prince William and Princess Kate also took to Twitter to congratulate Emma.
For her success, Emma said in an interview that a large part of her self-discipline and drive comes from her mother's family.
"They've been very strict with me since I was a kid, not just in tennis, in all aspects. I think it was such strictness when I was a child that made me more determined in my thinking now, right? Moreover, the relatives on my mother's side that I knew were all amazingly adaptable, and nothing could beat them down. A big part of my motivation came from her, and she always told me what the word 'hard work' meant. ”
Before the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, Emma would return to her mother's hometown of Shenyang almost every year to train at a local professional table tennis club. There is also a video of her playing in the table tennis hall circulating on the Internet, which looks quite professional.
It's a bit funny that before this year's US Open, Emma's mother had booked her a ticket and was ready to fly to Shenyang, China, to reunite with her grandmother after being eliminated in the first or second round. Now, mom has to change her ticket.
However, in the post-match interview, Emma thanked the Chinese fans with Chinese"I want to say thank you, I hope you like to watch me play tennis, this time we won!" ”
Emma's idol, Chinese tennis star Li Na also gave her blessings: "I got up early to watch this wonderful youth duel, I like it so much! Congratulations to Raducannu! I am very happy to see so many emerging forces in the women's tennis world, and I hope that I can inspire more teenagers to fall in love with tennis and sports in the future. ”
Despite the impressive results, Emma remained humble, saying in a post-match interview, "This win shows the future of women's tennis, and the level of competition, I think every women's singles player has a chance to win the final title, so I hope that we, the new generation of players, can keep up with those legends." ”
Editor: Chu Shuting