Raducanu then overcooks a backhand from the baseline on the fourth shot of a rally and Fernandez has her first break-point chance of the afternoon at 30-40. First pressure point of the match for Raducanu as she tries to back up her early break. Some more good baseline rallying from these talented teenagers and each forces the other into an error for 15-all, then 30-all. Job done, two championship points saved, but now Raducanu will serve for the title.įernandez breaks in third game of first set!įirst set: Raducanu 2-1 Fernandez* (*denotes next server) From there Ferandez is able to escape with the hold after pounding a forehand winner to cap an exciting nine-shot rally and forcing Raducanu to net a backhand while in full sprint. Another misfire by Fernandez gives Raducanu a second championship point, but she misses on a forehand from the baseline for deuce. Raducanu nets a backhand on the seventh shot of a baseline rally for game point, but Fernandez then sprays a backhand from the line for deuce number two. Fernandez saves it with a sharp backhand Raducanu can’t get back into play for deuce. Another backhand error for Fernandez and Radacanu has match point for the US Open title. Then Fernandez flinches at the end of a 10-shot baseline rally for 30-all and Raducanu is two points from the championship. Raducanu answers with a mishit forehand for 15-all, then Fernandez gets a free point on a 99mph body serve for 30-15. Second set: *Raducanu 6-4, 5-3 Fernandez (*denotes next server)Ī nervy Fernandez goes love-15 down after making an unforced error off her forehand and Raducanu is three points from the title. I hope that the next generation can follow in the steps of some of the greatest legends, for example Billie Jean (King) right here, and everyone who’s at the top of the game right now.” “I think every single player has a shot of winning any tournament. I was just praying not for a double fault but we got through it and I think just staying in the moment, focusing on what I had to do and my process and the mindset just really helped.”Īsked about the significance of the first all-teenage final since 1999, when Serena Williams defeated Martina Hingis, Raducanu says: “I think it shows the future of women’s tennis and just the depth of the game right now is so great. I fell, somehow, and I thought that would throw myself off balance because I was going to serve. “Leylah’s always going to play great tennis and always going to fight, that’s just the competitor she is and that’s why she’s here in the final,” Raducanu said during the trophy ceremony.
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