Emma Raducanu and Leylah Annie Fernandez have turned many heads all over the world with their incredible performance at the recent US Open. Besides playing fantastic tennis, the teenagers demonstrated an incredible personality during the final and the following ceremony.
Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, during a press conference, admitted that he was overwhelmed by the 2 teenagers. Jurgen went as far as saying that Emma Raducanu is “the talent of the century.”
Klopp commented:
“It is long ago I watched a full tennis game, and I was impressed by the power, the speed and the whole game.
“Women’s tennis is obviously in a brilliant moment. These two girls, 18 and 19, what they showed in the game was massively impressive, but then when they got the trophies during the ceremony, both girls how they spoke was really inspiring, to be honest.
Even more so than the tennis, which was inspiring enough. I was absolutely overwhelmed by the way they presented themselves. Fernandez was obviously disappointed, and Emma showed great respect for her.
They knew they will face each other in the future very often and be in many more finals. I wish that for them. It was a great show of sportsmanship and elite sport and how humble you can be, so young on top of the world.”
Talking about Emma, Klopp commented:
“When you are 18-years-old and win the US Open, it can only come from hard work. She is for sure the talent of the century, but without hard work, it is not possible to be there and doing that.
Now she is there and you see her smiling during the game, it is the nicest thing I can imagine. I will watch women’s tennis much more, for sure, than I did in the last few years.”
Emma Raducanu in 2021
At the moment ranked no.23 (career-high), the Brit played her last match on the 11th of September when she beat world no.28 Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 6-3
in the final in U.S. Open to win her 1st career title.Until now, during this year the Brit has a 23-6 match record. Emma clinched 1 title at the U.S. Open. The Brit was the finalist in the Chicago.
Leylah Annie Fernandez in 2021
Currently the world no.28 (career-high), Leylah Annie played her last match on the 11th of September when she was overcome by world no.23 Emma Raducanu 6-4 6-3 in the final in U.S. Open (draw).
At the moment, during this season the Canadian has achieved a composed 23-16 match record. The Canadian clinched 1 title in Monterrey. Fernandez was the runner-up at the U.S. Open.
Emma Raducanu and Leylah Annie Fernandez clashed against each other just on 1 occasion. Their actual record is 1-0 for Raducanu. When they played, Emma Raducanu won 6-4 6-3 in the final in New York (U.S. Open) on the 11th of September 2021.
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