of the screen. as early as the second game we saw intense rallies and we saw emma raducanu prevailing here. both players settled immediately to display a full range of their abilities. points were hard earned, skilfully won. nerves? no sign. she is a beautiful player to watch. as both players battled back and forth through long, close games in the first set, one thing was clear, we had a final worthy of the occasion. what precision, what depth, what guts. she is a revelation. could emma raducanu extend and amplify the excitement? could she win the first set? well, has she ever let you down yet? 6-4. it was hers. joe wilson, bbc news. we ll be live in new york with the latest in a moment, but first, raducanu s run has inspired tennis lovers across the world. our correspondent sanchia berg has spent the evening with fans at a club in south east london, where emma began her career. tennis fans packed the club where it all began for emma raducanu. she started playing at park lang
been the subject of quite a lot of fascination. there was a book about this cold bad blood that was written essentially this particular woman was behind a company that said that amazing test could be done with a single drop of blood. and it turned out to be several concerns about the testing. an meteoric rise and fall for the company and it turned her into a young billionaire very, very quickly. the interesting thing is that as the jury selection started, because the cases been so famous because the cases been so famous because the cases been so famous because the story of the company has been so famous they are having to work out how influence the jury are. apparently onejuror work out how influence the jury are. apparently one juror already said that they d read the book. actually it s quite a difficult child to have when it s been such a high profile. i suppose you can also say what is also on trial here is this culture, particularly among the tech sector is that you fake
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