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Emma Raducanu wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year on back of US Open victory

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Emma Raducanu has been crowned the winner of the 2021 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.It caps a phenomenal breakthrough year for the tennis sensation, who followed up a run at Wimbledon with victory at the US Open.With the victory, she became the first British woman to win a grand slam tennis event since Virginia Wade's win at the All England Club in 1977.She also became the first qualifier to ever win a major event - and didn't drop a set at any point.

Raducanu is the first female recipient of the SPOTY gong since Zara Phillips in 2006 and given her age of just 19, stands in a great position to become the first woman to win the award twice.She was the overwhelming favourite to win the award and beat off competition from Tyson Fury, who.

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