This will be the first US Open Women’s Finals between two teenagers since Serena Williams and Martina Hingis at the 1999 US Open and we all know what successful careers those two professional women tennis players went on to have. 1s - Naomi Osaka (in the third round) and Angelique Kerber (in the Round of 16) - fifth-seed Elina Svitolina in the Quarter-final, and two-seed Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-final.Īll of these matches lasted three sets, so if the game goes into the deciding set the Canadian will have an advantage over Raducanu who has - so far - has not had to go the distance in any of her matches. The Canadian knocked out two former World no. However, Raducanu will need to be cautiously optimistic of her opponent in Saturday's Final because 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez from Canada has had a tougher draw defeating four seeded players in her last four consecutive rounds to reach the Final. What makes Raducanu’s accomplishments even more noteworthy is that she is yet to drop a set all tournament. ![]() Her meteoric rise to tennis stardom has put her on a collision course with history as she aims to become the first British woman to win a singles title since Virginia Wade in 1977. ![]() ![]() How to watch the Champions League: Man City beat Inter to win the trebleġ8-year-old Emma Raducanu became the first qualifier in the Open era - both male or female - to make a Final and the first British woman to reach a tennis Grand Slam Women's Singles Final in 44 years after she defeated Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-4 in the semi-final.
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