Emma Raducanu MBE. Earlier this week the 19-year-old British number one female tennis player made her Roland Garros debut in France, almost a year after she made history in New York, beating fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez to win the US Open.
That moment saw the Bromley-raised teen become the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Virginia Wade in the 1977 Wimbledon Championships.
It also cemented her overnight rise to fame. But, if you thought the pressure of high-profile tennis matches and celebrity stardom might be all too much for the ELLE UK cover star, think again. 'Honestly, before the US Open I didn’t feel like I had the nation’s hopes on my shoulders,' she says matter-of-factly during a game of Ask Me Anything with ELLE UK. 'I was really just enjoying it and taking all of the support I was receiving as fuel. '‘The standout [memory] for me was when I got the letter form the Queen after the [US Open] final,' she continues. 'I just got taken into a room and they were like “Okay, we have something for you”, and then I opened this folder and it was a letter printed out and signed by Her Majesty. 'As for her lucky ‘charms’ during the US Open last year, Raducanu - who is a Tiffany & Co, ambassador – says she has several pieces from the renowned jewellery company that stood her in good stead for her matches.
A post shared by @emmaraducanu‘One of the things I was carrying and wearing with me every time in New York and afterwards were some special Tiffany pieces,’ she notes.
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