- British teenager beat Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in final
- ‘I’m still only 18 years old. I’m just having a free swing’
Emma Raducanu has vowed to keep her free-swinging and carefree approach to tennis after pulling off one of the great sporting feats with victory at the US Open – just the British 18-year-old’s second ever major tournament in which she won 10 matches after coming through qualifying, all of them in straight sets.
Raducanu’s 6-4, 6-3 victory over fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez in the final made her the first British woman since Virginia Wade, who was watching from the stands, to win a slam singles title in 44 years.