The two players born in 2002 will play in the US Open women's singles final.
As Raducano swept Greek player Sakkari 2-0 on the morning of the 10th, the Chinese player met Fernandez, who had previously beaten Sabalenka 2-1, to the 2021 US Open women's singles final. Both players born in 2002 will meet in the Grand Slam final, the first time in grand slam history, while 18-year-old Raducano and 19-year-old Fernandez may remind the U.S. Open of another "girl's dream final" many years ago.
Raducannu continued to sweep
The 18-year-old Raducannu celebrates qualifying for the final.
Born on November 13, 2002, Raducannu in the first round of the qualifiers, bibi anne Saufus, began his second Grand Slam women's singles tournament and his first US Open women's singles tournament.
After sweeping three opponents in a row in the qualifying round to advance to the main tournament, the Chinese player even entered the main tournament to show a more amazing state than the previous Wimbledon (stopped in the fourth round). From beating Swiss player Vogeller 2-0 in the first round until reaching the semi-finals, Raducanú was the same 2-0 in every match.
Among them, in addition to Zhang Shuai, the only one to appear in the women's singles field of the US Open in the 2-0 sweep of China's Golden Flower, Rogers, who eliminated Barty, and The 11th seed Bencic, were also swept away by Raducannu. Compared with Raducano, Sakkari's road to advancement has also been smooth, with the 26-year-old Greek player also passing 2-0 all the way through the game, in addition to a 2-1 comeback to beat the 2019 US Open women's singles champion Andréscu.
Due to their previous performances, it is a lot of suspense who will be the winner of this match before the semi-finals between Radukanu and Sakkari begin.
Raducannu's psychological endurance may be even stronger.
But as the game began, the suspense seemed to be no longer suspense, especially when Raducanu saved the break point several times and once led 5-0 in the first set, and the semi-finals had really completely fallen to the side of the younger players.
It is also true that in just 1 hour and 24 minutes, Radukanu swept Sakkari out, and judging from the performance of the two matches, Saakari may have already conceded defeat in advance - speaking of which, it may be necessary to say that Raducannu, who chose to retire at Wimbledon this year, was once considered by "experts" to be immature in his mentality.
With this promotion to the final, Raducanu set a series of historical records, which is also a historic achievement for British tennis, especially British women's tennis. After all, the last time a British player won a Grand Slam women's singles title was at Wimbledon in 1977 (Virginia Wade).
Fernandez made a thrilling pass
Fernandez won thrillingly.
Compared to Raducano, who swept Sakkari, born on September 6, 2002, Feldnans, the process of reaching the final is relatively thrilling.
Facing second seed Sabalenka, Fernandez was completely controlled by his opponent in the second set after winning the first set by snatching seven, and quickly lost the set. However, in the most critical decider, Fernandes was more old and spicy than Sabalenka, who "collapsed" in advance like Sagary, especially in the last set of the last set that had to be guaranteed, the 23-year-old Sabalenka made double mistakes in a row, almost sending Fernandes to the final.
Fernandez eliminated three "TOP5" players in this year's US Open.
Fernandes, who eliminated Sabarenka to advance to the final, also set a series of historical records, and it is worth saying that more than she may become the second Canadian player to win a Grand Slam women's singles title after Andrezcu, on the way to the final, Fernandes eliminated Naomi Osaka (No. 3 seed), Svitolina (No. 5 seed) and Sabalenka (No. 2 seed), and she also became the third player in the Open era to be able to eliminate three of the top five seeds in a US Open women's singles tournament.
US Open revisits "Girls' Dream Final"
Serena Williams and Singis after the 1999 US Open final.
Being able to advance to the final four together, Raducano and Fernandez, also born in 2002, have already made history. Since entering the Open era, the WOMEN's Singles of the US Open has only had 10 experiences of at least two girls under the age of 20 advancing to the Final Four, and before this US Open, the last time two girls were seen to advance to the Top 4 also needed to be traced back to 2009 Wozniacki (runner-up) and Vic Mayer (Top 4).
As the two continued to advance to the final, the two girls set another record: the last U.S. Open women's singles final between two underage girls needed to go all the way back to 1999.
In that US Open, 17-year-old Serena williams advanced to the final after eliminating two passers in a row, Cyles and Davenport, and in the final, she was confronted by 18-year-old Singis, who already held five Grand Slam women's singles titles. This "Girl's Dream Final" ended with Serena sweeping the "Swiss Princess" 2-0, which also opened the prelude to Singis being defeated by Serena again and again, and finally completely losing confidence.
No matter what kind of "grudge" there is between Serena Williams and Singis, they are two legendary players in the women's tennis world, but it is an indisputable fact. Therefore, from the 1999 US Open women's singles final to the 2021 US Open women's singles final, when two more girls under the age of 20 advance to the final, the women's tennis world and even the US Open may usher in a final that is enough to be recorded in history and a final that can make everyone feel excited.
Can Fernandez become the second Canadian player to win a Grand Slam title?
It's always exciting to look back on history, but it's too early to discuss whether Radukanu and Fernandez will be the next pair of Serena williams and Singis. Because in recent years, the women's tennis world has seen too many players who have "rushed to win the championship and rushed away", just in the US Open, from 2011 to the present, there have been 4 "One Slam players" including Stother, Peneta, Stevens and Andreescu.
Perhaps the only thing that is certain now is that both Raducano and Fernandez have seen their chance to win their first Grand Slam women's singles title, a "girls' dream final" that is destined to attract special attention after many years.