18-Year-Old US Open Winner Emma Raducanu's First Goal At US Open Was...
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18-year-old Emma Raducanu spoke about a “running joke” in her team.
Emma Raducanu, the British teenage sensation who won the US Open in the greatest underdog title triumph in tennis history, has said her aims were modest initially. She said she began her campaign aiming to win enough prize money to buy a pair of AirPods. She had lost the one she had “three minutes” before her first-round qualifying match, three weeks ago. Now, that she has won the tournament and the prize money — $2.5 million — she can buy as many airpods as she wants. Ms Raducanu stunned the world by becoming the first qualifier ever to win a Grand Slam title. An 18-year-old, Ms Raducanu told ESPN in a post-match interview about a “running joke” in her team. Fun moment as Raducanu tells ESPN her first goal at the #usopen was to earn enough prize money to replace her lost Airpods pic.twitter.com/Ewsvki49Z8 From a wild card at #Wimbledon to the #USOpen title...@EmmaRaducanu has packed a lot into one summer ????https://t.co/HRxc2z1k9Z 'I have no doubt your outstanding performance, and that of your opponent Leylah Fernandez, will inspire the next generation of tennis players.'Read The Queen's message to @EmmaRaducanu in full: https://t.co/m5lxaH7kKipic.twitter.com/aFSaCisDC0 Huge congratulations @EmmaRaducanu on your stunning performances and historic Grand Slam victory! Incredible –we are all so proud of you. @LeylahFernandez well done on your amazing achievements at this year's #USOpen, it's been a pleasure to watch. C What a sensational match! Huge congratulations to @EmmaRaducanu ????????You showed extraordinary skill, poise and guts and we are all hugely proud of you.#USOpen Edit for Ms. Emma Raducanu ???????? pic.twitter.com/sl4ZMRjNTF Emma Raducanu.Canadian born to a Romanian father and Chinese mother, another #immigrant making Britain great. pic.twitter.com/iO3QJUrodr The teenager said, “There's a running joke in my team because before my first-round qualifying match, I lost my AirPods and I was basically running around the changing room like three minutes before my call to go on trying to find it but I lost it.” “I was thinking to myself, ‘You know what, if you win this match, you can buy yourself a pair of AirPods,' and that's become the running joke!” she added.More Related News