Episode 1592
Emma Raducanu
Sat, 2021-Sep-11 01:49 UTC
Length - 2:03
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With 844,151 views on Friday, 10 September 2021 our article of the day is Emma Raducanu.
Emma Raducanu (born 13 November 2002) is a British professional tennis player. She has won three singles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 150 achieved on 23 August 2021.
Raducanu rose rapidly to prominence in 2021. Ranked No. 338 in the world, she reached the fourth round on her debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. This helped her gain access to the qualifying competition for the US Open in September 2021 and after qualifying successfully for the main draw she reached the final. Raducanu subsequently became the first qualifier in the Open Era, male or female, to reach a major singles final.
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For the full current version of the article, see Emma Raducanu on Wikipedia.
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