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| Date: 11 September Time: 21:00 BST Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York |
| Coverage: Live radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds, BBC Sport website and app, with live text commentary and match report on the website and app |
Emma Raducanu was not even a teenager when she had to make a significant sacrifice.
Having been encouraged to take up a variety of sports by her father Ian – including ballet, horse riding, swimming and basketball – she was particularly enamoured with motocross.
“I was racing go-karts for a year or two when I was younger – about eight – and then at 10 I transitioned into motocross,” she said.
“I’m into motor sports but I couldn’t carry on with it as my tennis career progressed. It turned out pretty well.”
That has proved to be an understatement. Little more than five years later, the 18-year-old has reached a Grand Slam final.
With a steely composure in executing her skills, and an…
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