19-year-old Wimbledon star Radukanu advances to third round of US Open tennis

19-year-old female tennis rookie Emma Radukanu (150th, Great Britain) entered the US Open tennis tournament (total prize of $57.5 million, about 67.4 billion won) in the third round of singles (round of 32).

On the 3rd (Korea time), Radukanu defeated Zhang Shui (49th, China) 2-0 (6-2 6-4) in the women’s singles second round on the 4th day of the tournament held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, USA on the 3rd (Korea time). hit

Radukanu, born in 2002, is a player who made a difference in reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon this year.

At the time, it was ranked 300th in the world rankings, but in the second round, it won the attention of British home fans by beating 2019 French Open runner-up Marqueta Bondrowshova (Czech Republic).

In particular, the fact that he was born in Canada to a Romanian father and a Chinese mother, as well as having just graduated from high school and studying at the same time, added to his stardom.

The youngest British player ever to advance to the round of 16 at Wimbledon women’s singles, she has since won the Women’s Professional Tennis (WTA) 125K Series tournament, and this US Open went through the preliminary rounds and advanced to the finals.

Radukanu, who has risen to 150th in the world rankings since Wimbledon, defeated Stephanie Fungele (128th, Switzerland) 2-0 (6-2 6-3) in the first round, and Jang, who climbed to 23rd in the world in 2016 in the second round. I also turned it back.

In particular, Shoi Chang is a player who defeated Radukanu 2-0 (6-3 6-2) in the first round of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic on the WTA Tour last month, which was the first tournament Raducanu participated in after Wimbledon.

Radukanu, who met again after a month, defeated Ssoi Chang, this time on the contrary, 2-0, proving their recent upswing.

In addition to Radukanu, the two teenagers who made it to the third round of the women’s singles competition were Leila Fernandes (73rd, Canada), who was also born in 2002.

Radukanu will face Sara Soribes Tormo (41st, Spain) in the third round.

World No. 1 Ashley Barty (Australia) advanced to the third round by defeating Clara Tawson (78th, Denmark), born in 2002, who is the same age as Radukanu and Fernandes, 2-0 (6-1 7-5) in the second round.

Bhati competes with the winner of the match between Sorana Krstea (39th, Romania) and Selby Rogers (43rd, USA) to advance to the round of 16.

In the men’s singles event, one of the contenders for the championship, this year’s Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev (4th, Germany) defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas (48th, Spain) 3-0 (6-1 6) in just 1 hour and 14 minutes. -0 6-3).

Tsverev is on a 13-game winning streak recently, winning the Tokyo Olympics and the Western and Southern Open on the men’s professional tennis (ATP) tour in August.

Tsverev’s next opponent is the winner of the match between Alexander Bublik (37th, Kazakhstan) and Jack Sok (184th, the United States).

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