A star is born! Twitter reacts to Emma Raducanu’s historic US Open triumph


A star is born! Twitter reacts to Emma Raducanu’s historic US Open triumph

Emma Raducanu

British teen sensation Emma Raducanu scripted her name in the record books by becoming the first ever qualifier in tennis history to win a grand slam. She outplayed fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez in the final in straight sets 6-4,6-3. She has now become the youngest grand slam winner since Maria Sharapova in 2005.

She also becomes the first player since Serena Williams in 2014 to win the US Open without dropping a set. Emma dominated the tournament like no one else and didn’t drop more than 4 games in a set in any of her matches. She started the tournament as No.150th ranked player and will climb a whopping 127 places to No.23 on Monday.

Twitterati went wild over Emma’s victory and lauded the Brit for her historic victory.

Many current and former tennis players, journalists, politicians and sportsmen all over the world took go twitter to congratulate Emma.

https://twitter.com/andyroddick/status/1436819330289778689
https://twitter.com/ReemAbulleil/status/1436816314044145665

Also read: A first of many! Emma Raducanu scripts history and becomes the first qualifier in tennis history to win a grand slam, beats Leylah Fernandez in the 2021 US Open final