US Open 2021 - Emma Raducanu downs Mayar Sherif in qualifying to reach first round after Wimbledon heroics
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Updated 28/08/2021 at 08:38 GMT
After a fourth-round finish at this year's Wimbledon, British 18-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu has now qualified for the first round proper of the US Open with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Egyptian opponent Mayar Sherif on Friday afternoon. She is joined in the first round by fellow Brits Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart.
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Britain's Emma Raducanu reached the first round proper of the US Open with a win over Mayar Sherif on Friday, and is joined by Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart.
The 18-year-old Briton secured a 6-1 6-4 victory against her Egyptian opponent in New York, building upon her run to the fourth round at Wimbledon earlier in the year.
Last week she reached the final of the WTA Challenger event in Chicago as she prepared for the US Grand Slam, and is overachieving compared to her 31st place seeding.
Raducanu put in an accomplished performance at Flushing Meadows against her powerful opponent, as she was able to withstand her rival’s early dominance, and was never close to being broken.
The teenager faces a tough task to progress any further, with her first round opponent 13th seed Jennifer Brady. The pair will play on Tuesday August 31.
Dart defeated Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova in three sets after coming back from one down. The 25-year-old Briton secured a 6-7 (1-7) 6-1 6-3 win.
There was also success for a third British player as Boulter reached the first round as she secured a 7-5 2-6 6-4 victory over Kristina Kucova of Slovakia.
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