Four years ago, Emma Raducanu shocked the tennis world when she won the U.S. Open as an 18-year-old qualifier. But nearly as staggering had been Raducanu’s lack of success at Flushing Meadows since then.

Emma Raducanu has finally ended her winless rut at the U.S. Open. Raducanu earned her first victory at the Grand Slam tournament since taking the 2021 title as an 18-year-old qualifier, eliminating Ena Shibahara 6-1,

Remember that magical run in 2021? When an 18-year-old Emma Raducanu shocked the tennis world by winning the US Open as a qualifier, we all thought we were witnessing the birth of the next big thing.