Two years ago, Emma Raducanu kept her education as a backup option because she was not sure if tennis was the perfect fit.
There are no more doubts for the British teenager as a fairy-tale run through the U.S. Open has taken her to her first Grand Slam final.
After a stunning fourth-round appearance in her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon two months ago, Raducanu has shown her success was no flash in the pan by going even further at Flushing Meadows after beginning her campaign as a qualifier.
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