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BBC Sport takes a look at Sports Personality of the Year contender Emma Raducanu.
A 44-year wait for a British women’s Grand Slam singles champion ended with Raducanu’s remarkable run to win the US Open.
She was the first qualifier in the Open era to win a Grand Slam title, sealing victory with a straight-sets win over Canadian Leylah Fernandez.
Raducanu, then 18, did not drop a set in the tournament as she became the youngest women’s Slam champion since Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon as a 17-year-old in 2004.
In the summer, while awaiting her A-level results, the teenager had emerged as a star at Wimbledon, defying her ranking of 338 to reach the fourth round before retiring from her last-16 match after suffering breathing difficulties.
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021 will be held at Salford’s MediaCity on 19 December and broadcast on BBC One & BBC iPlayer.
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