Tennis-Former U.S. Open champion Raducanu receives MBE from king


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 30 Nov 2022

Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows New York United States - August 30 2022  Britains Emma Raducanu acknowledges the crowd after losing her first round match against Frances Alize Cornet REUTERSShannon Stapleton     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - August 30, 2022 Britain's Emma Raducanu acknowledges the crowd after losing her first round match against France's Alize Cornet REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

(Reuters) - British tennis player Emma Raducanu was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on Tuesday, a little more than a year after she shocked the sporting world when she became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam.

The then-18-year-old Raducanu catapulted her career to new heights when she won 10 matches without dropping a set to claim the U.S. Open title, beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the final.

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