WTA Linz: US Open winner Emma Raducanu plans to start
It is quite possible that Austrian tennis fans will be able to watch the current US Open winner Emma Raducanu at work in November. This will depend on the British woman's possible qualification for the WTA Finals in Guadalajara.
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last edit: Oct 04, 2021, 04:38 pm
She is 18 years old and the new star in the tennis sky: Emma Raducanu! The adorable Brit took the hearts of tennis fans in New York by storm at the US Open 2021 and caused a world sensation in women's tennis at the last Grand Slam tournament of the year! As the first player since the beginning of the "Open Era" in 1968, Emma Raducanu won a tournament of this category as a qualifier! Without losing a set! year old, born in Toronto, Briton 6: 4, 6: 3 through.
“Emma Raducanu is a fascinating personality who not only inspires me with her excellent tennis game. She wins over the audience immediately thanks to her friendly appearance and her radiant smile, and she is very down to earth, ”says Sandra Reichel, the director of the WTA tournament“ Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2021 ”, which will take place from November 6th to 12th takes place in the TipsArena. Immediately after the sensational US Open triumph of the 18-year-olds, Reichel contacted their management.
Raducanu would look forward to Linz
Would Linz be a journey into the unknown? Yes and no! It would of course be a first for Emma Raducanu to play at Austria's classic women's tennis, which is taking place for the 31st time this year. But the word "LINZ" sounds very well in the ears of the tennis teenager. “I've heard a lot about Linz, about the feel-good atmosphere created there for the players and how many legends have already won the title there. I'm really looking forward to coming to Austria and playing in front of the great fans in Linz, ”says Emma Raducanu.
Whether the new "tennis queen" Emma Raducanu will actually serve in Upper Austria depends on how the young Briton will perform in the next few weeks. Because she still has the chance to qualify for the WTA finals in Guadalajara. Should she qualify for Mexico, then she cannot take the trip to Linz because the meeting of the world's best players of the year begins on November 10th and thus overlaps with the “Upper Austria Ladies Linz”.