Funnily enough her 2 hardest sets in the entire Tournament came in the Qualifying Rounds.

Yeah, she'll never be playing early rounds in front of empty seats again. To think the number of people that could have decided to watch her but didn't because no one expected anything

Yeah ! not to mention how annoying playing in ''wild'' organised ITF tournaments can be.

From basic "journeywoman" (digging in the trenches) to champ of the world (being at the very apex of the food chain) within 2 weeks! All that without losing a single set to 10 elite pros with more experience. This truly was one of those "impossible dreams."

@@kiabtoomlauj6249 "Journywoman" What are you on about?. She's 18 years old. I don't think you have a clue what 'journeyman/woman' even means.😂

Let's wait and watch. Everyone starts humble without ego in the beginning but start to get snobbish as they get famous. Even Sharapova was like this when she won Wimbledon but didn't like her after she got older

@@naveed8022 now thats negative thinking for you !

It is a bit negative , but so very true , success can change people for the worse , but let's be positive and believe that Emma will stay true to her self ! I'm sure she will , she's a fantastic young person ! I wish her all the best in the world ! What an unbelievable achievement !! Very proud of what she has done !

@@MadderMel I am not being negetive. Just being cautious. All I am saying is its too early to draw conclusions. It's too early in her career. So let's wait and watch.

Yes , Naveed , I do agree with you .

@@pauliegleav7558 Wow what a sad viewpoint to have of the world. You really think every one of those people she beat lost intentionally. Not only that but there's been no whistle-blowers for this widespread rigging you allege. Com on lighten up and enjoy the history and achievement that has just happened

@@pauliegleav7558 What a sad person you must be, typing your vitriol in your mum's basement. Meanwhile the rest of us are enjoying one of the most romantic stories in the history of sport. This will be a feature film at some point in the future - I'd take a bet on it...

@@tullochgorum6323 wake up guys. Wake up. This is business, Williams are stepping out. New generation, they even had a son for that during the tournament. Glad she won, but see the tennis from the business side of it, that include media. Wake up.

@@justinjulian284 And your evidence for this remarkable conspiracy of all the players in the draw is???

@Max E yeah, he's been trolling every video on Emma they've posted with the exact same comment.

Why mysterious though? Just shining positive energy 😊

Cannot explain by me so I call it mysterious 😆 We have several young promising players so tennis is going strong and exciting.

@@frankgonzalez4110 Fair enough 🤭 Agreed!

Mysterious, charming,smart.... Simply amazing. Impossible not to love her.

The most authentic Player, ever💃❤

Exactly

Exactly.

Exactly

Exactly

Exactly :)

Raducanu truly feels grateful just to be playing in a slam, that's what makes it so refreshing.

I couldn't agree more, a new shining light to brighten up womens tennis for the future.

Naomi Osaka has to get some mental health issues addressed and fixed before she returns back to the public eyes and tennis professionally, so much pressure on her to be great as one of the top female players in the world with Serena and Venus are on the verge of returning one day, it’s time for the future generations. emma , Fernandez, osaka after issues are fixed,, and bianca andresruca etc

Essential she just superb in every aspect of her game😊

Your a legend

It means the women's US Open is in decadence

I saw Borg.

@@JC-te4md Try English next time, Pedro - muchas gracias, amigo y ir con el Diablo...

So,so right and no sqealing, nor grunting from either player. So refreshing. Such a little darling on and off the court.

No tantrums. No noise. No gamesmanship. Just hard, skilful, beautiful tennis. Women’s tennis just became really really watchable.

@@martinforrester8249 - I agree, all the grunters and attitudes are gone with Emma as a new champion. Tennis needs this so much!!!

@@cloudsmith7803 Agree with all of you so far. If I may compare this to the men's side, the tennis world erased its 'bad boy image' and 'grunting' or...rackets' abuse when, some 30 years ago, a cool, super calm Bjorn Borg appeared on the final scenes and silently appeased left and right. Now Emma totally showed it to the female stage and world audience, including her natural and ...romantic, smooth... landing on the ground, after the last point. All in spite of the Covid oandemic. Wunderbar! Wonderful, to say the least. And also Leyla Fernandez was..so composed in her press Q&As. Total, exemplary tennis by both. Thank you, USTA! Exemplary leadership, at her young 18 years of age!

@TravelerPat Not now, it isn't - just saying!

Class unlike Layla ranting like a baby when Emma was injured

And down to earth girl next door and confident not arrogant

She’s 19 and just lost in the biggest moment of her life, she’s allowed to be upset

To be fair, we haven't seen her lose yet. :)

@@jonbyrnes4349 Something about her doesn't ring true. I think Ms. Fernandez is not so cutesy cute!

@acapella what

@acapella tell me you're unhappy with your life without telling me you're unhappy with your life

@acapella I hope you get the help you need Life will get better

@acapella sad unhappy little man.

Best smile for sure

Beautiful Natural smile

Why does her appearance have anything to do with her achievement?

@@chartreuseverte I think it was just an observation - just saying...

@@chartreuseverte uhhh, because she's pretty. Hence the post.

I like that... sort of like a Panenka in football or soccer depending where you're from.

It may be a bit of a wait until the next time somebody pulls a Radacanu.

What's your point? Are u a typical Anglo-Saxon or white supremacy?

Even Emma can't do another Raducanu. She'll never have to qualify for another slam.

@@marrrtin Unless she does a Bouchard.

Emma was born in Toronto, Leila was born in Montreal.What two tennis diamonds Canada has given the world!👌

@@valikdnipro7637 Well, Emma was born to immigrant parents and left age two, so it's a bit of a stretch for Canada to claim too much here...

@@tullochgorum6323 It's just a historical fact in which country the brilliant Emma and Leila was born.

@@valikdnipro7637 Yeah but like, say, Greg Rusedski, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Boris Johnson, she IS British - just saying...

@@richardpierpoint3006 I don't question that Emma is British, I just pointed to the country where she was born. I remember Rusedski, who couldn't learn French in Montreal and chose to become a British citizen.

@@grantmalone Love his stuff. I'll look that one up. Thks

The NY crowd is absolutely dreadful, disgusting people

@@5mini5 Jog-on, bell-end - blagodaryu vas, kretin...

@@richardpierpoint3006 go watch how they treated Osaka in the 2018 final. Made her burst into tears with the booing just because she beat Serena. 👎Emma got some boos too.

@@richardpierpoint3006 I'm sorry to say by 5mini5 is right. The crowd wasn't great at times. I saw a shot of Bradley Cooper and a few other stars in the crowd who were clearly backing Leylah and why not, she's terrific as well but they all had faces of thunder when Emma was winning and I can't help but feel the partisan crowd were to blame. Thankfully there was some support for Emma and she had a nice ovation at the end.

Let's hope that creates a new beginning for tennis, no grunting, nor sqealing or tantrums on the court. These two girls should be an inspiration to others.

@@martinforrester8249 they were great to watch and Emmas smile had me smiling all through the game,

I prefer the butch, plain Eastern European women champions! 😬

In terms of her playing style I'm reminded more of Agassi. Her game is built around a lethal return of serve that always gives her a platform to go hunting for service breaks. Couple that with a solid (if not spectacular) serve of her own, and an ability to strike the ball early on the rise, and she becomes an opponent that everyone is afraid of, who will tend to take part in exciting, dynamic matches.

@@philiphudgens4726 Like Sharapova:).

Yeah, before the final I haven t watched a full tennis match in more than 15 years.

or she collapses after vaccines

Iga will be dominating her to the rest of their career

@@mateuszszczurek8043 sure sure . Keep the dreaming.

And now emma is washed up

@@bro89174so? No one can take this away from her.

@@csincari8677Iga wipes the floor with Emma.

And it's right up there with the greatest sports stories of all time.

If she hadn't had the anxiety attack at Wimbledon she might have won that as well !!!

Leicester City winning the premier league is up there!

The fairytale started well before Wimbledon, she was discovered playing tennis in a park, age 5 with her dad by a tennis coach, and he just happened to be head of tennis at her first school....

@Thuan Le As is sometimes said, "Truth is stranger than fiction" and "You couldn't make it up". 18 year old qualifier wins only the second Grand Slam Tournament she enters

What about Naomi Osaka. I think she is also the best thing to happen.

@@silvabrothersmusic Osaka will beat her very easily.

@@ronaldtosh9222 Yes, right now. But the gap may close. Emma has only just got started.

@@silvabrothersmusic she is not preety(marketable) as her

@@info_know_it True, but she has to be top 5 to really be hot property. The hope is she will be. But being pretty and ranked number 25 will mean she will become forgettable. Naomi is number 3 right now. Emma needs to keep winning.

Her ranking is 23 now. We'll be seeing a lot more of her now her ranking gets her into all the top competitions. Maybe as a wildcard in Indian Wells next month?

@@ilovecatweazle #23 will get get her auto-entry to most tournaments now I would assume. Even if it didn't, every tournament director on the planet would be willing to give her a wildcard since it would sell out the venue automatically.

@@shivasuresh5957 It will but not for the next few though (including Indian Wells) since the cutoff for entry was before the US open. But I can't see them overlooking her for a wildcard for sure.

Indeed, it's odd to think that as of yet she hasn't yet lost a slam match in a conventional manner - just that one withdrawal. She will have to face down that moment at some point; everybody does.

Watch her now got on some mad 10 year unbeaten run 😳😂

@@clarkejuliette Well, as much as I would like that for Sweet Emma, that would be terrible for the WTA.

Thank you 💚🙏

Very true. I also liked the look of pure "is this really happening?" that came out at 6:56 after the final point of the semi. Showed how focused she really was on one point at a time.

shades of Graf in style and Seles in tenacity

She is so likeable. Last time I followed a female tennis player was Steffi Graff.

When you expect nothing and gain everything; that’s destiny.

@@ruddle17 She's shades of Emma Raducanu in style and tenacity.

Hello, how are you

And a nod to her game and looks, too.

she's not going to prevent global warning

Reforestation will solve the global warming. Emma is wonderful indeed!

Graham I agree but sports wise we also lost to Italy in football and I loved Emma's tweet, "We are bringing it home" referring to England as the motherland of tennis so she also lifted our spirits in the UK.

You are so right.

At least Sharapova's gone, Serena will soon be on her merry way along with Azarenka. We're stuck with Sabalenka's banshee wail for awhile, unfortunately.

Capriati? Nope. There have been many better and more marketable players than Jennifer. But you are right about Emma she is the total package and her natural smile captivates everyone

And like Capriati, but keep away from the hard drugs and battering people like the said lady.

... and has an ideal rival to shine with , Leylah. (Every high profile athlete needs an nemesis to have the impulse).

@@rsb512 I agree. That's the retrospective view considering the whole career of Capriati. However, I think Steve refers exactly to the moment of the debut of Jennifer.

You couldn’t be more wrong. Jennifer Capriati was THE MOST MARKETABLE tennis player EVER. . . You likely weren’t around. She was huge. She was on the cover of Newsweek Magazine as a 13-year old!!!! She was on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a 13-year old!! She made $6 Million in 1990 as a 14-year old! She had looks, personality, charisma and was the BEST YOUNG TENNIS PLAYER EVER. She won the Olympic Gold Medal at 16. She got sidetracked, made some mistakes. But no one was as marketable as the 13-year old Jennifer Capriati. She and Monica Seles could have broken all the records. But, things happen. Still had a great Hall of Fame career.

I intentially bet against her on 3 of her last 5 matches so it would lessen my disappointment if she lost, never been happier to lose...

Lol that person isnt a fan of anything worthwhile.

Maybe it's Leylah disliking it. .........

Leylah fans.

@Bidenkiddyfiddler The accent maybe ??? Poor Racist

How delightful it was to watch Emma establish this unique historic achievement!👌🎉🏆

Standard player, she is such a narcissistic and attention seeker. Get some clothes.

Brought a wonderful, Cinderella-like atmosphere to the fortnite.

For me, it's the best thing that has happened this DECADE - jusy saying!

Emma is… laylah is salty

(Carlo Santin) Do you know them personally mate?

Laylah isn’t nice

@@hanoitripper1809 Salty ? Sure, Fernandez sure gave a salty handshake at the end. 🙄

@@boke75 you obviously didnt watch the match 🤓

I really wish the women went to 5 sets, because just imagine if that match had played out to 5. It could have been up there with Fed v Nadal in the rain at wimbledon for epicness.

She won 6-4 6-3. It would take a miracle and then some for that match to turn in to something resembling the Fed vs Nadal Wimbledon final. Fernandez would've had to come back from two sets down to begin with. Also, no disrespect to women, but there's a reason they don't play best of 5.

Couldn't agree more. As for that nasty, spoilt Djokovic, a poor looser. What a fine example to set eh ??

@@devinmoose Did you actually watched the game? It was closer than the scoreline makes it out to be.

@@alibaba-vf5fc I know it was, it was very competitive, and would've potentially been a classic had it gone 3 sets. However, let's not get carried away and talk about Fed vs Nadal or women playing 5 sets.

True - I never saw Osaka smile

I don't think there was a tie break even in the qualifier

@@nelimashihrii3375 there wasn’t. She was taken to 7-5 in one set in qualifying, but the rest of her score lines look relatively smooth. She had to work for it in New York though. Every opponent was higher ranked than her in the tournament and most had far more experience of the game at the top level. Belinda Bencic, for example, was 12 in the world when Emma played her, but Emma came through by playing very well. Her progress through her quarter of the draw was remarkable for one so young and inexperienced.

Perfect script for a film

@@tracyhodgkins7516 Her ranking was artificially low as she didn't play until the grass court season in June so her ranking was pretty much down to the 4th round in Wimbledon and the final of the challenger in Chicago as she didn't play a ranking tournament for 9 months of the year.. So covid, her education and inactivity was primarily the reason for her ranking. She did play in some 'Battle of the Brits' exhibition matches and you could clearly see that she was WAY better than 150 in the world. If she'd have been playing all year she'd have been in the top 100. Her play at Wimbledon was significantly above her ranking then (300 and something) or 150. That takes nothing away from the achievement however, she was ranked 150, she did win 3x qualifiers and she did with the title. Incredible.

@@paulshrew this the film 🎥

We all do bro, we all do.

It’s rare to see a hot tennis champion these days 😍

@@worawatsr9803 dude want

@@worawatsr9803 Sabalenka's not too shabby.

Yes! Towards the end she completely broke Fernandez physically and mentally! Look at the sheer power of Emma's shots! But if you see her physical training it is just scary!!

Yes! Towards the end she completely broke Fernandez physically and mentally! Look at the sheer power of Emma's shots! But if you see her physical training it is just scary!!

Well, those are the colours of the Romanian flag, which is where her father is from - just saying!

Absolutely - I think I know who is going to win Sports Personality of The Year, and I might even place a bet on her...

This only happens in movies. The underdog coming through in each round with flying colours and finally winning. What's more, she is beautiful and charismatic, just like the lead character in such movie. This is closest to any miracle I know!!!

Nah Leicester city winning the premier league was more unexpected

The best I've read since her win! 😊

I feel sure she will be looked after far better than Biles or Osaka (sp?) the USA has a win at any cost attitude which can be destructive, I never liked the way Serena played.

Agreed. It will be interesting to see how she will fair now that she will be targeted by everyone. Pretty sure she is aware

Thank you 💚🙏

Great to see but in reality the only thing to do. But still really classy moment. Not sure Bouchard would've handled it the same way. 🤮

And first qualifier to win a grand slam

@@lordloki86 Yes, how would you choose. All of those things together are even greater!

All of the above put together along with being a qualifier too, just astounding, any British talent I'll always follow and see how they get on, been watching Emma since before Wimbledon so had an inkling she was gonna be a top player even then, watched her at Nottingham and thought wow this could be the very thing we all needed, knew she would be up there but never thought I'd see her claim the us open title and how she did it too, I'm still in shock even now a whole week later, I love tennis and I just been beaming all this past week, long may it continue

Or having that Angelic smile.

If she was American, they would be all over like a rash, jealous me thinks

both canadian

@@1golfchap Raducanu = British mate 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧hope that clears that up

@@1golfchap Tell by thick British accent, and people saying from Great Britain, there’s a clue there what nationality she is 😂🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍👍👍👍

@@iankirkpatrick1037 She's actually a duel citizen I believe, Canadian and British.

Straight A student too, did her A levels 3 months ago, 1st slam 2 months ago at Wimbledon 4th round retired during match then this her 2nd slammer. I also think Leylah will win slams and is also a very nice young woman and special talent. This was one of those there it's almost a shame someone had to lose the match. Big respect for both of them, 2 fairy tale runs to the final really never ever happens, this will inspire a lot of kids coming through in the next few years I think.

You are so right, Nadine. She is so expressive in Tennis and Behaviour, like You are , in your Comment.

Emma and Leylah will share their Grandslamwinns...in the next Years.. They reached a new Level in Tennis

💚🙏

Yes! Towards the end she completely broke Fernandez physically and mentally! Look at the sheer power of Emma's shots! But if you see her physical training it is just scary!!

Definitely and also a true inspiration just like Hingis, Evert and Serena won whist they were a teenager. Just love how she won consistently without dropping a set!

Gracedieu Loponda Yes indeed. However Evert, and Graf were my favourites, and similar in temperament to Emma. They were gracious, elegant and brilliant without the histrionics

You ever heard of the Williams sisters ha ha I'm English by the way and love Emma but come on, Venus then Serena :)

I'm also British so obviously biased, but the Williams sisters brought the market to the global african_american market. My argument is that Emma, assuming she can keep winning, will bring tennis and her brilliant smile, fluent Mandarin speaking and natural intelligence to a far larger market. And also she is gorgeous looking. I accept that shouldn't be a factor, but undoubtedly it is.

@@lanceleman7966 Like you say she could, were I'm saying the Williams sisters have done. Lets see how she goes, she may drift off into obscurity she may become the best ever. Yeah her looks are gonna help, she can't help being fit as a peach though so I won't hold that against her ;)

@@PeterJPickles Agree with everything you say, but have you ever seen such a global media response from someone winning a tennis tournament? I rest my case.

@@lanceleman7966 Let's face it the WIlliams sisters would never be popular in China

Yeah like "cold blooded killer"

There was no public admission to the qualifiers.

Yes! Emma completely breaks down her opponents - physically, mentally, emotionally! Look at the sheer strength of Emma's arms and shots! But if you see her physical training it is just scary!!

hehe. ALL the nike sponsored women wore that outfit, not just the Romanian ones!

@@BoomsRiddico4868 You think Nike will only give their athletes one color to choose from? 😂 In earlier rounds she wore a yellow top with red and blue trim. All Nike care about is if the logo is visible

@@A-small-amount-of-peas you sre missing the point. This is Not a Romanian outfit!!

Oh yeah, nice point! I was thinking her colours looked distinctive.

So interesting how the UK is quick to celebrate her success when the government and its supporters continually bash immigrants. Nice to see she holds her heritage, culture and language close to her heart. Her Mandarin is excellent. Nationalities can change but her blood won't ever. As she is mixed, you can see how she wears a mix of China and Romania's flag colours on her uniform 🇨🇳 🇷🇴

The most amazing thing about all this is that she probably will never win another slam again !!

Her feet move faster than my brain can comprehend

Yes, that and the appropriate moment-to-moment sound decision making. She wasn't necessary better or even more proficient than Fernandes, both teens being only 18 and 19, with endless energy & determination. But you could see she made more correct decisions, when she went for the ball. In a few crucial points, for example, rather than (easily) hitting the ball into a wide open field (where Fernandes was rushing to get back to for coverage, after being pushed to the extreme corner by Emma), Emma returned the ball right back to the same spot (like a self-assured, highly experienced veteran would)... that meant no matter physically close by Fernades still was, her momentum had already taken her in the opposite direction, so she couldn't do any thing about that relatively easy ball returned by Emma. Defensively, she's also daring enough to psy Fernandes out, so she could force the latter to return an easy ball to the direction for which she, Emma, was ready. Look at the 10:30 minute mark: Emma returned a ball, just over the net, to Fernandes (that's because Fernandes initial ball was so fast, down the center, Emma barely had time to react to it... so getting it back was a miracle in itself.... but instead of telegraphing her intentions, she waited until the last nano-second. THAT psychology forced Fernandes to return that easy ball (swinging it at full force) to Emma's right; but that's the direction Emma was planning to cover, in reality... so fast as Fernandes ball was, Emma had enough initial momentum to get to it & returned the ball, straight down her right flank, onto Fernandes left (which is her dominant side); but that kind of quick-twitched return, there's nothing Fernandes could do about it. (A fast ball can be returned even faster, if you don't let the ball bounce too high.) The other factor, Emma herself noted: she's not sure when she'd get a chance to play as THE center of attention again at Ash Stadium, so she took her chances and played aggressively, enjoying every ball she hit. Aggressive offensively, lack of unforced errors, playing for the moment, correct decision making & quick witted.... those are the intangibles that allowed Emma to beat 10 people, much more experienced than she, without dropping a single set herself!

@@kiabtoomlauj6249 Excellent analysis!

@@kiabtoomlauj6249 Her table tennis grounding might have helped her to respond faster than her opponents' anticipation.

i think servis return from emma just wooow