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Published 11:02 12 Sep 2021 GMT
Emma Raducanu has revealed the first thing she will buy following her remarkable win at the US Open.
At just 18-year-old, the crowd at Flushing Meadows were chanting her name, as she bested 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez in straight sets 6-4 6-3.
The Brit's win is historic, as no qualifier had ever reached a slam final before. What's more, Raducanu didn't drop a single set during her 10 matches, which took place over three weeks.
Raducanu is also the first woman ever to win a grand slam title in just two tournaments. She is also the youngest grand slam winner since Maria Sharapova claimed the title in Wimbledon back in 2004. Just incredible!
After becoming the first British woman to win the US Open since 1968, the teenager was handed a cheque for $2.5 million (£1.8 million). Considering the tennis star's career earning up until that moment had amounted to approximately $300,000 - per the Metro - we can only imagine the prize money meant a great deal to Raducanu.
However, when asked about what she planned to do with the prize money, it would appear that Raducanu has just one purchase on her mind - a pair of AirPods.
The US champion revealed that she lost her Pods before her first qualifier last month.
Speaking to ESPN, Raducanu said: "There's a running joke in my team because before my first-round qualifying match I lost my AirPods and I was basically running around the changing room like three minutes before my call to go on trying to find it but I lost it."
"I was thinking to myself, 'You know what, if you win this match you can buy yourself a pair of AirPods' - and that’s become the running joke," she added.
Raducanu also told reporters that last night's victory was very much a dream come true.
"I've always dreamed of winning a Grand Slam," Raducanu revealed just hours after her victory. "You just say these things. You say, 'I want to win a Grand Slam.' But to have the belief I did, and actually executing, winning a Grand Slam, I can't believe it."
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