is now. raducanu s victory on the 20th anniversary of september 11th, this 18-year-old, whose dad is romanian, whose mother is chinese, born in canada, moved to london when she was 2, but is nevertheless, i think such a brilliant expression of what the multicultural side of britain. quite apart from the just extraordinary phenomenon of who she is. she is the 21st century londoner and it s a wonderful thing to see. beautiful. ed luce, stay with us. mike lupica, thank you for coming on this morning. the latest in his famous book series is robert v. parker s stone s throw and a new children s book defending champ about a girls versus boys soccer game after the girls
made their own way into tennis history. mem ma raducanu completed her journey from qualifier to major champion winning in straight sets against leila fernandez in the unseeded all teen women s final. teens. if you can believe it. these ladies are so young and yet so very impressive. yeah. so impressive. mike, they had such grace and presence afterwards. talking about each other, talking about the day in which they were playing on september 11th, thinking first and foremost about the people of new york and those suffering 20 years later. it really was talk about putting a great face on women s tennis. wow. these two are global ambassadors. you know, joe and mika and jonathan, we ve had a lot of drama and a lot of sadness in
sports lately and here came these two joyful, young women, to write as great a tennis story as i can ever remember. think about it, 30 years ago coners thrills everybody by going to the semis of the open at the age of 39, combined age of these two young women is 37, raducanu comes through the qualifying, so she already won nine matches before she gets to saturday. i m telling you, i have seen a lot of surprises in this sport through a long time. never one that was more enjoyable to watch or bigger than this one than emma and leyla. yeah. really something. and ed, emma had virginia wade up in the stands watching her make history. yeah. she s the last brit to win the u.s. open back in 1977, when i even younger than emma raducanu