04:20 (IST)
That's it from us folks!
What a match that was! Neither player had a clear advantage over the other, and it was end-to-end stuff, with several memorable back-and-forth games sprinkled throughout! However, Emma Raducanu did ever so well to up the ante in the perfect moments, and with some very good tennis, became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam in the Open Era. Do make sure to tune back in tomorrow, when Novak Djokovic takes on Daniil Medvedev in the men's singles final. Until then, goodbye and goodnight!
04:13 (IST)
Emma Raducanu is the US Open 2021 Women's Singles Champion!
04:08 (IST)
Emma Raducanu speaks after the match: First of all, I really want to congratulate Leylah and her team, she played some incredible tennis and has beaten some of the top players in the world. The level was extremely high and I hope we play each other in many more tournaments and hopefully finals.
As for this three weeks in New York, I would say having such a supportive team, the LTA my agent, and everyone back home watching on TV, thank you so much for your support over the years.
Thank you for making me feel so at home from my first qualifying match, you have spurred me on in some difficult moments and I hope me and Leylah put on a good match today.
04:00 (IST)
Leylah Fernandez speaks after the match: It's incredible, I have no idea what to say. It's going to be hard to recuperate but Emma played amazing tennis, so congratulations to her and her team. I'm very proud of myself, the way I played these past two weeks and especially having the crowd here has been amazing. It's been great having you cheer me like you have, thank you New York.
To my family and team, thank you for always believing in me. You guys have been with me when I was at my lowest, when I was suffering and having a tough time. You've also been there in the best of times, you've always had my back. I hope to be back here soon in the final. and next time perhaps with the right trophy.
I just want to say something. I know this day has been especially hard for New York, and everyone in the United States. I hope I can be as strong and resilient as New York has been these past twenty years. Thank you for cheering me, I love you New York.
03:49 (IST)
British Twitter is loving this!
Wow just wow!! A massive Well done to Emma Raducanu!! #USOpen ๐
— Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) September 11, 2021
03:47 (IST)
Leylah Fernandez looks very, very disappointed
The Canadian is still arguing her case with officials on the sidelines, and it's easy to see why she feels wronged. She had momentum on her side, and it looked like she might break back, but the break for Raducanu's injury really took the wind out of her sails. Still, no one can take away from Fernandez the run she's had in this tournament. She's beaten so many incredible players on her way to the final, including the likes of Naomi Osaka, Angelique Kerber and Elina Svitolina! Take a bow Leylah, you've done so well!
03:44 (IST)
Emma Raducanu is your US Open 2021 women's single champion!
03:42 (IST)
Game, Set, Match, Championship: Emma Raducanu wins 6-4, 6-3!
Emma Raducanu will serve for the championship. What a moment for the 18-year-old. A sig of nerves maybe, she messes up her first two ball tosses. Raducanu finally gets a serve off, and Fernandez hits a belter of a winner down the line to take the first point! 0-15. Fernandez hits a shot wide, 15-15. Raducanu serves out wide and then hits a forehand winner down the line on the return. 30-15. Missed volley at the net from Raducanu, it had too much pace on it and she couldn't redirect it back over the net! 30-30. Raducanu hits a lob past the baseline! Fernandez has break point!
Raducanu slipped there, and she has blood pouring down her knee so there will be a quick break as she's treated. Fernandez is a bit annoyed by this timeout, she's arguing with an official. Not much anyone can do about this though, Raducanu really was bleeding quite a bit.
We resume play, and Fernandez hits long! It's deuce. Raducanu then hits a forehand past the baseline, and break point to Fernandez! Well improvised overhead shot from Raducanu at the net after Fernandez attempts to lob the ball over her, deuce. Fernandez then misses a backhand, and Raducanu has another championship point! SHE HITS AN ACE TO WIN HER FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE!!!
03:30 (IST)
Emma Raducanu* 6-4, 5-3 Leylah Fernandez (*denotes next server)
Leylah Fernandez will serve to remain in the tournament, and all she can do at the moment is just make sure she holds serve. Fernandez hits long, Raducanu wins the first point. 0-15. Raducanu's forehand is inches wide of the line, 15-15. Raducanu clips the top of the net with her forehand, and the ball falls back onto her side. 30-15. Raducanu hits a pretty tame smash from the net towards Fernandez, but Fernandez appears to be caught out by the relative lack of speed, and she sends an awkward shot into the net. Fernandez hits the net with a backhand, and Raducanu has championship point! Missed backhand from Raducanu, and we go to deuce.
This is a high, high pressure situation. Another missed backhand, and Fernandez has advantage! Great return from Raducanu. and it catches out Fernandez, whose resultant shot is hit wide. Another big forehand from Raducanu, and Fernandez can't hit it back at her. Championship point #2. Raducanu fires a forehand into the net! Deuce #3.
Oh my word, Fernandez is not out of this yet! The Canadian lands a peach of a forehand deep into the corner of the court and Raducanu can't connect. Advantage to the Canadian. Raducanu misses a forehand and Fernandez remains alive!!
03:21 (IST)
Emma Raducanu 6-4, 5-2 Leylah Fernandez* (*denotes next server)
Can Fernandez replicate what Raducanu did earlier on in the set and break right back? Raducanu begins with an ace, 15-0. Fernandez then engages in a rally, sends Raducanu out wide and then hits a shot behind Raducanu, who was caught out by the change in direction. 15-15. Fernandez hits a shot long, 30-15. Excellent cross-court forehand from Raducanu, and Fernandez can't return it. 40-15. Service winner, Raducanu is one game away from her first Grand Slam title!
03:18 (IST)
Emma Raducanu* 6-4, 4-2 Leylah Fernandez (*denotes next server)
Point for Fernandez, and Raducanu responds by hitting a cannon of a backhand down the line to make it 15-15. Oh, Raducanu is putting on a show here, she hits a forehand down the line on the other side of the court to make it 15-30. Poor miss from Leylah Fernandez, she was under no pressure there but she sent a backhand wide of the court. 15-40 and two break points to Raducanu. Raducanu hits a forehand wide, 30-40. OH MY WORD! RADUCANU BREAKS AGAIN AND SHE HAS THE LEAD THANKS TO A LOVELY PASSING FOREHAND!
03:13 (IST)
Emma Raducanu 6-4, 3-2 Leylah Fernandez* (*denotes next server)
Error from Raducanu. 0-15. She responds by sending a huge forehand towards Fernandez, who can only hit it out. 15-15. Another error from Fernandez, 30-15. Raducanu fails to reach the ball with time to spare and her stretching forehand is hit into the doubles alley. 30-30. Service winner for Raducanu, 40-30. Oh, T-licking serve hit with real pace, and Fernandez had no chance of getting to that, Raducanu holds.
03:11 (IST)
Emma Raducanu* 6-4, 2-2 Leylah Fernandez (*denotes next server)
Two big points for Raducanu early out of the gates, and she's up 0-30 already. It's a great response to the break. She misses a cross-court forehand, 15-30 now. Oh, beautiful cross-court backhand winner from Leylah Fernandez! 30-30. Raducanu replies with one of her own, 40-30. That one kissed the line on its way out, it was inch-perfect. Break point to Raducanu and she breaks with a great return of Fernandez's second serve, it's hit right back at the Canadian and she can't even move to react. We're back on serve!
03:06 (IST)
Emma Raducanu 6-4, 1-2 Leylah Fernandez* (*denotes next server)
A long-ish rally ends after Fernandez is unable to reach the ball in time to hit it up and over the net, instead sending her running forehand into the net. 15-0. Raducanu's turn to make an error, she hits a backhand into the net. 15-15. Couple of errors from Raducanu, and within the blink of an eye, it's Fernandez who has break points! This has been such an evenly matched affair! Raducanu does well to press the issue on the next point, hitting a powerful forehand towards Fernandez that the Canadian fails to return. 30-40. Service winner from Raducanu, it's deuce. Both these athletes are really showing incredible fortitude when in difficult situations. Advantage Raducanu thanks to a service winner. Raducanu misses a forehand, back to deuce. Fernandez wins back to back points from Raducanu errors and she breaks in the second set! GAME ON
02:59 (IST)
Emma Raducanu* 6-4, 1-1 Leylah Fernandez (*denotes next server)
Fernandez misses a backhand, hits it way wide of the court. Definitely an unforced error that. 0-15. Double fault from Fernandez, it's her fifth of the match. 0-30. Missed forehand, and Raducanu has three break points now! Fernandez responds in excellent fashion, winning the next three points to make it deuce. Service winner, and now she has advantage! Another service winner, she holds! What a remarkable hold this was, she was under so much pressure there.
02:55 (IST)
Emma Raducanu 6-4, 1-0 Leylah Fernandez* (*denotes next server)
Point apiece to start this game, and then a long rally is brought to an end after Fernandez hits a backhand into the net. 30-15. Service winner from Emma Raducanu, 40-15. Raducanu holds serve!
02:50 (IST)
Set 1: By the numbers!
02:48 (IST)
Emma Raducanu takes the first set 6-4!
Fernandez will serve to stay in the set. She overcooks a desperate lob and Raducanu is up 0-15. Fernandez responds by winning the next point, but Raducanu is right back on her, and she forces Fernandez into hitting a shot long. 15-30. An incredible return from Fernandez, and suddenly, she has a couple of set points! Fernandez responds well, upping her game and winning the next two points to make it deuce. She then hits a shot long and Raducanu has another set point. Service winner from Fernandez, we're back to deuce. Huge cross-court forehand from Raducanu and Fernandez can't send it back. Set point #4. Raducanu takes the first set with a forehand down the line!
02:41 (IST)
Emma Raducanu 5-4 Leylah Fernandez* (*denotes next server)
Big serve from Raducanu, she's up 15-0. Oh, fabulous drop shot from Fernandez, Raducanu was not expecting it at all, and even though she just about reached it on time, she can't get her volley up and over the net. 15-15. 30-15 to Raducanu thanks to a service winner. Oh an excellent rally ends with a point for Raducanu, after Fernandez' excellent recovery backhand flies past Raducanu at the net and just lands a couple of inches on the wrong side of the baseline. 40-15. Raducanu holds serve, Fernandez makes an error.
02:37 (IST)
Emma Raducanu* 4-4 Leylah Fernandez (*denotes next server)
Double fault from Leylah Fernandez to begin her service game. Point apiece for either player, and Raducanu then misses a forehand to make it 30-30. Big forehand winner from Fernandez, 40-30! oh lord, Fernandez has wildly miscued a straightforward forehand, and it's deuce now. Forehand winner down the line from Fernandez, that wasn't quite on the line but it was hit far enough to the side that Raducanu couldn't get anywhere near. Service winner and Fernandez holds serve!
02:31 (IST)
Emma Raducanu 4-3 Leylah Fernandez* (*denotes next server)
Alright then, who's going to take the initiative in this contest? Fernandez wins the first point with a lovely sliced backhand from close to the net that is hit just beyond Raducanu's reach. 0-15. Raducanu responds with a forehand volley winner at the net, Fernandez tried to catch herout with a dropshot but she was alive to it and responded in double quick time. 15-15. Fernandez sends a desperate lob towards Raducanu's side of the court, and Raducanu misjudged her volley, sending it long. 15-30. Raducanu levels the game, and then makes it 40-30 with a lovely, inch-perfect forehand winner down the line thatone was placed right on the paint. Raducanu holds after Fernandez can't reach the ball in time to successfully pull off a running forehand shot.
02:26 (IST)
* Emma Raducanu 3-3 Leylah Fernandez (*denotes next server)
Technical glitch and we lose two games worth of live updates. Aah technology :(. To bring you up to speed very quickly, the first set is staying on serve. Both players dropping two points each on their serve. Fernandez with a double fault and it is 15-30. Is that an opening? Raducanu goes for all with a forehand winner down the line but misses narrowly. That was close. Raducanu rushes into the serve return on 30-30 and finds the net. Ball trickles over on the Fernandez forehand. She apologises to Raducanu and holds
02:13 (IST)
Emma Raducanu 2-1 Leylah Fernandez* (*denotes next server)
Great start this from Raducanu, she'll be looking to build on it. Fernandez isn't having that though, she breaks right back! It was a great bit of determination on display from the young Canadian, who managed to earn break point on several occasions, and despite being denied, kept at it, and kept forcing Raducanu into difficult situations.
02:04 (IST)
Emma Raducanu* 2-0 Leylah Fernandez (*denotes next server)
What a return from Raducanu! She steps up to Leylah Fernandez's second serve and hits a backhand winner. 0-15. Double fault from Fernandez, 0-30. Unforced error from Fernandez now, and she's facing three break points in her very first service game. Raducanu hits a forehand long and the crowd erupts in applause at Fernandez's first point of the game. Oof, such a good point from Fernandez. It's a longish rally, and Fernandez manages to take control of it, sending Raducanu wide and then when the Brit tries to recover and come back into the centre of the court, Fernandez just casually sends a winner whistling past her into the direction she came from. Raducanu misses a shot and Fernandez has just saved three break points here! Lovely work from Raducanu to approach the net quickly to deal with a drop shot and then get the point with a backhand winner. Advantage Raducanu! ACE! Deuce again. Ah, another double fault. Advantage Raducanu. Her fifth break point of the game, can she finally convert? Nope, she's hit a backhand into the net. Another missed backhand from Raducanu, advantage Fernandez! Missed forehand from Fernandez, it was very low down and she tried to dig it out, but to no avail. Back on deuce, it's deuce #4. Huge forehand from Fernandez at the net and a scrambling Raducanu can't return it. Advantage Fernandez. We're back on deuce, and then Raducanu gets her sixth break point! SHE BREAKS!
01:52 (IST)
Emma Raducanu 1-0 Leylah Fernandez* (*denotes next server)
And we're off! Fernandez wins the first point of the match and immediately pumps her fist. She then hits the net on the next point, 15-15. Raducanu makes it 30-15 with a smash. Service winner from Raducanu, 40-15. Raducanu's turn to commit an unforced error, 40-30. Raducanu holds with a cross-court backhand winner!
01:40 (IST)
Emma Raducanu making history for Great Britain!
Emma Raducanu is only the second British woman to reach the final in New York in the Open Era. The other was Virginia Wade, who won the first of her three majors at the 1968 US Open.
01:22 (IST)
Leylah Fernandez has taken down some big names already!
Over the past four rounds she has toppled three of the world’s Top-5 players, Naomi Osaka, Elina Svitolina and Aryna Sabalenka. Her other victim was no slouch either, the in-form former champion Angelique Kerber. This sequence of results has seen Fernandez become the youngest player to beat multiple Top-5 opponents at the same Slam since 17-year-old Serena Williams’ title US Open run in 1999.
01:14 (IST)
Who do you think will win their maiden Grand Slam title tonight?
Who are you backing to win their first Grand Slam title?
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) September 11, 2021
✳️ In their only meeting, in the girl's singles event at 2018 Wimbledon, Raducanu had won 6-2, 6-4
01:11 (IST)
Fernandez and Raducanu are the 20th and 21st unseeded Grand Slam finalists of the Open Era and the sixth and seventh in New York. However, this year’s US Open is the first time two unseeded players have faced one another in a major final.
01:09 (IST)
How will this match affect the WTA rankings?
Both finalists are projected to break into the Top 50 in Monday’s new rankings. Fernandez will be No 27 with a runner-up finish and No 19 should she lift the trophy. Raducanu, meanwhile, is set to move to at least No 32, climbing to No 23 by winning the title. Fernandez’s run in New York has also thrust her into contention to qualify for the season-ending WTA Finals.
01:00 (IST)
It will be the pair's first meeting on the WTA circuit!
00:48 (IST)
Leylah Fernandez' path to the final:
00:37 (IST)
Emma Raducanu's path to the final:
00:18 (IST)
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the US Open!
It's the women's final today, and what an exciting prospect we have on our hands! Teenagers Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez have both taken the tournament by the storm, and the pair will face off in a bid to become the youngest Grand Slam winner since Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon 2004! Stay tuned as we bring you all the latest updates.
Preview: Tennis will have its youngest Grand Slam champion in 17 years when 18-year-old Emma Raducanu faces 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez.
It's the first major final between unseeded players in the professional era and the winner becomes the youngest Grand Slam winner since Maria Sharapova's victory at Wimbledon in 2004.
Fernandez has the tougher road to the final, with four straight three-set victories. Three of them were against players ranked in the top five. The Canadian has spent 12 hours, 45 minutes on the court, five hours more than Raducanu.
The qualifier from Britain hasn't dropped a set in the tournament, trying to become the first player to win the US Open without doing so since Serena Williams in 2014.
Williams, then 17, played in the last Grand Slam final between two teenagers when she beat Martina Hingis, 18, at the 1999 US Open.
With inputs from AP.
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