All those fans who watched the 2021 US Open women's singles final at 4 a.m. should feel that they did not stay up late or get up early in vain. Not only did they witness a wonderful duel of intense confrontation, but they also witnessed an incredible chapter in history.
Absolutely incredible. If you think about it, an 18-year-old girl, who almost no one knew about a few months ago, came to New York with a world ranking of 150th, and from the qualifying round, won 10 consecutive games, and did not lose a set, and never even let the opponent get more than 4 sets in a single set in 7 games. In his second grand slam tournament, he became the first grand slam qualifier in history to win a grand slam title. All this, crazy or not crazy? It's crazy!
Yes, it's Emma Raducano. What's even more wonderful is that she also has a sunny smile, she has a na-like backhand like Li Na, she has an absolutely calm aura in the big scene, she can also say that Chinese, and the whole world seems to be happy with her success.
She also has a full international element: her father from Romania, her mother from Shenyang, China, born in Canada, represented the United Kingdom, and now won her first Grand Slam at the US Open.
After Murray broke the British wait, Raducano also became the first Grand Slam women's singles champion from England after Virginia Wade in 1977. The amazing thing is that the place where Murray broke that year was also the US Open, and it was 9 years ago.
Thanks also to the wild card of wimbledon, a hometown Grand Slam tournament, Raducannu has become a British sweetheart after playing the fourth round with a wild card at this year's Wimbledon tournament. Because of this, she has the opportunity to improve her ranking to the qualifiers for this US Open.
Unexpectedly, her bigger breakthrough came so quickly. She has accumulated 10 regular tournament victories in just two Grand Slam tournaments in her career; miraculously, she has never won even one tour event above the WTA level of 250, and her career has never had a clay race record, which can be said to be an absolute newcomer whose professional resume has just begun. Her opponent, Fernandez, who is a year older, has been competing in Grand Slam tournaments since at least last year.
Raducano, who was still outside the 300th place in the world ranking before Wimbledon, soared to 23rd place in the world ranking after winning the US Open. Her success caused a sensation throughout Britain, and even the Queen sent congratulatory messages overnight.
Raducannu's great success can't help but make people think of one name after another, but here is not a little name ha! Yes, how many famous players from generation to generation, who have struggled all their lives, can only retire with the regret of not being able to get a Grand Slam. Raducannu, 18, was caught in the first shot.
This makes people more convinced that Radukanu's victory in the US Open is the so-called "arrangement of fate"! And she really fully interprets what is called "Chosen Daughter". The new era of women's tennis is really here!
From "Tiger Mother" to idol Li Na, how does the Chinese background affect Radukanu?
In the past week, Raducannu's success at the US Open has already made waves in the British sports and media circles, while fans on Chinese social media are talking about her Chinese background.
Like her final rival Fernandez and Naomi Osaka, who also won the U.S. Open, Raducano comes from a multicultural family. Raducannu's father, Ian, is from Romania, and his mother, Renee, is from China. Her social media profile lists four cities — London, Toronto, Bucharest and Shenyang — where she lives, where she was born, where she was born, where she was home and where she was mom. Raducannu often returns to Shenyang to visit relatives, practices at clubs in Shenyang, has played ITF competitions in China, and even has video footage of her playing table tennis in Shenyang on social media. In the San Jose race in early August, Zhang Shuai, who had played against Raducano, also revealed that there was a simple Chinese exchange between the two.
However, the embodiment of multicultural background in Raducano is not only the superficial symbols of "playing table tennis" and "saying Chinese", Raducano's parents are influencing her growth in their own ways. According to Raducanu's childhood coach Bushnell, Raducanu's parents always "divided the work" properly: Dad Ian pushed Radukanu's tennis career forward, and Mom Renee kept reminding her not to fall behind in school. Raducannu once mentioned that her parents had high expectations of her, and she has always encouraged herself. This summer, Raducannu not only improved by leaps and bounds on the pitch, but she also got A* and A's in mathematics and economics in the A Level exam. Even though she is already a professional tennis player, Raducannu has been enrolled in school as a full-time student, and no matter where her tennis career goes, reading has always been her "backup plan".
In addition to the "tradition" of Asian parents' emphasis on education, Radukanu's mother and Chinese family have also brought her the power of example. "My mom brought me a lot of good qualities, such as self-discipline and respect for others." Speaking of his Chinese background, Radukanu once said, "My Chinese people are always very mentally tough, as if nothing can destroy them." And my mom was always very hard-working, and she was a big source of motivation for me. ”
Speaking of role models, Radukanu's two most admired players in the tennis world, Halep and Li Na, also happen to be related to her blood background. Radukanu has been learning the style of Halep and Li Na, and her agile movement and full coverage on the field are like the "little fast" Halep, and her clean and neat batting style is reminiscent of Li Na. If we put the names of Radukanu and Li Na in the search bar of Twitter at the same time, you will find that not only one person has seen Li Na's shadow in Radul Kanu's body. After the semi-finals, Raducannu talked about Li Na. The French Open final between Li Na and Schiavone has also been haunting her. "It was a long and hard game, but Li Na's psychological strength and resilience have always been fresh in my memory." Fans may have remembered Li Na in Raducano's batting dynamics, but Li Na's influence on Raducano seems to be longer and more profound, not limited to the style of the ball. As Radukanu himself said – To this day, Li Na's "fighting spirit" has always inspired me.
It is not difficult to see that whether it is talking about mom or Li Na, the most important lesson Radukanu learned from them is more in psychology. Tenacity and fighting spirit, like Radukanu and the "mysterious eastern power" she has absorbed, will also be indispensable qualities for her to continue to move forward in the tennis world. In Raducannu's short professional tennis career, it seems that she is going well, but being able to keep her best self on the Grand Slam stage and not afraid of bigger scenes is inseparable from Raducannu's "big heart" and fighting spirit. In the days to come, she will need more of this powerful psychology to help her through more and more complex challenges.
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