Raducanu said: "I've always dreamed of winning a grand slam. “I'm just proud of how I managed to stick in and come through in the end.” I really had to dig deep to face quite a bit of adversity in both sets. “I was just trying to focus as much as possible on one point at a time. I knew that I'd really have to bring my game. “I knew it was going to be an extremely difficult match because Leylah, she's played some unbelievable tennis, taking out a lot of the top 10 this week. On her opponent, Raducanu was generous with her praise. I think that's definitely the biggest thing that's probably helped me to win this title.” That's the biggest thing that I'm proud of. “When I was on the tennis court, it was just business as usual, focusing on the plays. All the outside stuff, I just completely zoned in and focused on my craft. “I didn't really think anything other than what was going on on the tennis court. “I think the biggest triumph for me is how I managed to just not think of absolutely anything else except for my game plan, what I'm going to execute. Raducanu was asked about how she reacted to questions over her mental strength following her retirement from Wimbledon with breathing difficulties. But I managed to today,” she added with a smile, that is quickly becoming her trademark. “My dad is definitely very tough to please. “My dad said to me, ‘you're even better than your dad thought’, so that was reassurance. They could not travel because of coronavirus restrictions imposed by the United States. “I would have loved them to be here, but they're watching from home very proud.” They just really want to know how I am in these moments. We don't really talk so much about tennis. When asked how her parents, Ian and Renee reacted to the win, she said: “I speak to my parents. The teenager has been away from home for more than a month, having played warm-up matches in Chicago and Pennsylvania. “It got me this trophy, so I don't think I should change anything.” That's how I faced every match here in the States.
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“I'm just having a free swing at anything that comes my way. When asked if she felt pressure playing the biggest match of her life in the biggest tennis stadium in the world, Raducanu said: “For me I don't feel absolutely any pressure. The 6ft 7in former Wimbledon fourth-rounder has guided her to the last 16 at the All England Club and now to an Open title in a matter of weeks. “For that moment to actually happen, I'm just so grateful for my team that are here with me, the team that are back home, the LTA, every single person who supported me along this journey.”ĭuring the press conference, Raducanu presented her coach Andrew Richardson with a ‘coach of the tournament’ trophy. “That's been playing in my head a couple nights. Only hours off the court and with a smile as wide as the Brooklyn Bridge, she continued: “I first started when I was a little girl, but I think the biggest thing that you have visions of is the winning moment, and going to celebrate with your team in the box, trying to find your way up to the box, just seeing them after the match. You say, I want to win a Grand Slam, but to have the belief I did, and actually executing winning a Grand Slam, I can't believe it. “I've always dreamed of winning a Grand Slam. In a smart black cocktail dress and wearing gold tennis ball earrings, the newly crowned US Open champion said: “The visions I had, they were from pretty early on. Speaking after her 6-3, 6-4 victory over Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez, Raducanu opened up about how she would fall asleep envisioning running over to her team and celebrating, saying it was a moment she had been working towards all her life. Follow all the latest reaction to Emma's historic win in our Sunday live blogĮmma Raducanu said on Saturday night that she has dreamed of winning a Grand Slam since she was a little girl, but when the moment arrived she could still not quite believe it.Raducanu is the first qualifier to ever win a Grand Slam and the first British woman since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon in 1977.Raducanu did not drop a set through qualifying and the main draw.Emma Raducanu wins the US Open after beating Leylah Fernandez in straight sets.
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