Emma Radukanu grew to become the second teenager in two days to succeed in the semifinals of the US Open, defeating Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4.
Britain’s 18-year-old qualifier joined Canada’s Leyla Fernandez, who made it to the semi-finals on Tuesday, a day after her nineteenth birthday.
pure mistrust @EmmaRaducanu | #US Open pic.twitter.com/TG7vCWMuaa
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 8, 2021
Radukanu went down the opening 3-1, however the quarterfinal match modified when he broke eleventh seed Bencic – who had solely misplaced serve thrice in 4 rounds – even at 3 throughout his 5 straight video games. Too.
Radukanu, ranked 150, adopted Billie Jean King in 1979 and 2009 champion Kim Clijsters as the one lady exterior the highest 100 of the rankings to succeed in a US Open semifinal.
Another nice two weeks in New York
See you in 2022 @Belinda Bencic! pic.twitter.com/19NqQbcHGV
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 8, 2021
She wasn’t even within the prime 350 for simply three months earlier than she ran within the fourth spherical of Wimbledon. Raducanu will play both No. 4 Karolina Pliskova or Seventeenth-seeded Maria Sakkari within the semi-finals.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
