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The british teenager emma raducanu has made history as she reaches the final of the us open tennis in new york. the 18 year old from south east london beat the 17th seed maria sakkari in the semi finals at flushing meadows, becoming the first british woman to reach the final of a major singles tournament since virginia wade in 1977. patrick gearey reports. from great britain, emma raducanu! emma raducanu s flight home from new york left two weeks ago. since then she has taken off. like most 18 year olds at grand slams, she never expected to make it through qualifying, let alone play shots like this in the first game of a semi final. such was her start, opponent maria sakkari complained her skirt was too tight and went off to change it, only to be squeezed further by a nerveless, relentless raducanu. she won the first set 6 1. watching at four in the morning in the uk, this felt like an extraordinary dream.
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Sakkari is the 17th seed, raducanu is ranked 150. numbers at complete odds with the evidence. raducanu broke again. the closer you get, the more tense it is supposed to be, unless you re emma raducanu. she has made the astonishing look routine. the first qualifier to make a grand slam final in the modern era, the first british woman to reach one in 44 years. she breaks history into small pieces. i ve just been taking care of each day. and before you know it, three weeks later, i m in the finaland i can t actually believe it. thanks to everyone. and still she climbs. in the city that famously never sleeps, the teenager who never wants to wake up. patrick gearey, bbc news. many of you stayed up to watch emma raducanu s historic victory, and a few of tennis s stars past and present have reacted on twitter. judy murray tweeted her delight for the teen queen describing her semi final victory as an incredible achievement.
This is bbc news. i m lukwesa burak with the latest headlines. a stunning performance from emma raducanu in new york the 18 year old brit reaches the final of the us open the first qualifier ever to reach a grand slam final i ve just been taking care of each day and before you know it, three weeks later, i m in the final and i can t actually believe it. the scientist behind the oxford astrazeneca vaccine says giving boosterjabs to everyone is unnecessary and calls for doses to be sent to countries in need. president biden announces sweeping