Two rising stars of women's tennis have plotted a path to the semi-finals of the US Open. Now, Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez are ready to shock the world.
When you're a talented teenager at your first US Open and expectations are low, you become a dangerous opponent.
"It's absolutely crazy. It just shows when you focus one day at a time and take care of everything you can control, then crazy things can happen." "She told me to go out on court, have fun and keep going for my shots. And I just did that today, so that obviously worked," Fernandez said after her quarter-final win over Svitolina.
Respected coach and ESPN commentator Brad Gilbert has been impressed with the way Raducanu has dictated play against seasoned opponents, in only her second appearance at a grand slam.After losing to Raducanu in the quarter-finals, Tokyo gold medallist Belinda Bencic urged the tennis world to temper their expectations when it came to the two teenagers.
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