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Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – June 30, 2021 Britain’s Emma Raducanu reacts during her first round match against Russia’s Vitalia Diatchenko Pool via REUTERS/Adam Davy
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Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – June 30, 2021 Britain’s Emma Raducanu reacts during her first round match against Russia’s Vitalia Diatchenko Pool via REUTERS/Adam Davy
The US Open 2021 will begin shortly and the today is the last day of the qualifiers of the Grand Slam. Interestingly, fans witnessed a big match today as rising star Emma Raducanu won her third straight qualifying match against Mayor Sherif in straight sets. The final scoreline of the match was 6-1, 6-4.
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With this victory, Emma Raducanu has sealed a spot in the main draw of the US Open 2021. After reaching the pre-quarters of the Wimbledon Championships 2021, it is another incredible accomplishment for the 18-year-old player.
Set-1: Emma Raducanu dominates the entire set
World No.150 Raducanu began the set on a high note as she easily won the first game. She broke in the second game after this and was leading 2-0.
Crazy good start from Raducanu, completely outplaying and outpowering Sherif which I didn’t expect pic.twitter.com/zxUbxVTGr6
— A̳i̳d̳a̳n̳ (@WengerProdigy) August 27, 2021
The British player was looking in some great form. She won the third game too and the broke yet again in the fourth game to establish a 4-0 lead over her opponent. Interestingly, she won her following service game as well and was now just one game away to bagel Sherif.
Near perfect first set by Britain's Emma Raducanu. She wins it 6-1 over Mayar Sherif and is one set away from the main draw of the #USOpen. Live updates with @ucheamako here https://t.co/Tuzb6v47UX
— Telegraph Sport (@TelegraphSport) August 27, 2021
Even though Sherif somehow won a game, she failed to break in the set. As a result, Raducanu won the set 6-1 in just 25 minutes.
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Set-2: Game, Set, Match for Raducanu
Sherif got off to a great start as he she pulled off the first game quite easily. However, Raducanu equalized the scoreline at 1-1 at the end of the second game. The same story continued and the scoreline soon reached 2-2.
Such a nice pop on the Emma Raducanu ball in person. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/e8TQFf2fC5
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) August 27, 2021
The British player finally broke in the fifth game and was now leading 3-2. However, Sherif broke back and leveled the scoreline at 3-3 in the very next game. The series of breaks continued as the British player broke yet again. She was leading 4-3 at this moment.
Raducanu finally managed to save the break and extended her lead to 5-3 at the end of the fifth game. She was now just one game away from entering into the main draw of the US Open 2021. However, despite earning two match-points in the following game, she failed to capitalise on either of them.
Serving for the set, Raducanu didn’t take long, conquered the game easily, and thus, won the match.
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