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US Open: Is Zheng Qinwen going to give us another Emma Raducanu moment in New York?

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Five years ago at the US Open, Emma Raducanu, then ranked 150th in the world, pulled off a miracle and became the first qualifier in tennis history to win a Grand Slam title. In June this year, Maja Chwalinska, ranked 114th, was one victory away from replicating that feat as she stormed to the French Open final as a qualifier. She ultimately lost the title match to Mirra Andreeva. The player Chwalinska beat in the first round of her dream run in Paris was Zheng Qinwen , the reigning Olympic champion and former world No 4 Zheng broke down in tears during her post-match press conference that day at Roland Garros. She had won just seven matches in the six events she had contested since returning to the tour in February. She was searching for a spark to ignite the competitive fire within her that had been missing throughout her comeback thus far. Her ranking took a serious dive after her defeat to Chwalinska, plummeting to 160 in the world during the grass grass-court season “That loss is

First report: Emma Raducanu closes in on injury comeback after 12-week absence as Brit tennis star drops major hint in latest video — thesun.co.uk, 7d