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Dec 19, 2021
Raducanu’s first Wimbledon match was against 150-ranked Russian Vitalia Diatchenko, when she was ranked No 338.
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She won that round against Diatchenko, netting £75,000, her highest win at that point. Coming into Wimbledon, she had earned just £29,889 in prize money.
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After Diatchenko came wins over the former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrusova and Sorana Cirstea.
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Raducanu had to drop out in the fourth round of the competition with breathing problems.
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And then Raducanu just went and won the US Open, winning nine matches in a row and not dropping a single set as she clinched a grand slam title.
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In back-to-back matches against Sara Sorribes Tormo and Shelby Rogers – conqueror of the top seed, Ashleigh Barty – she tore through 11 games in a row. She led Sorribes Tormo 6-0, 5-0 and match point
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The final was a meeting between two teenagers as Raducanu faced Canadian Leylah Fernandez, 19, in the youngest grand slam final in more than two decades.
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In Britain 9.2 million viewers tuned in to Channel 4 as Raducanu became the first qualifier to win a grand slam title in the Open era and the first player to win a major in her second grand slam tournament.
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A day after the US Open ended Raducanu was an invitee to the Met Gala, where celebrities were seeking her out, marking her for future GOAT status.
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