US Open in New York. The 18-year-old qualifier beat Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 to become the first qualifier to ever win a Grand Slam - and without dropping a seat.
On a scorching evening at Flushing Meadows, she completed one of the most breathtaking, unexpected triumphs in illustrious tennis history.
The Brit described merely reaching this final of the event as ‘mind-blowing’. But she went one better to become the first woman from these shores to win a Slam since Virginia Wade’s Wimbledon success in 1977.
Raducanu said: "Leylah's always going to fight. I think it shows the future of women's tennis is great and I hope some of us can follow in the steps of the legends."It means so much to have Virginia Wade and Tim Henman here.
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