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Jonathan White

US Open champion Emma Raducanu has become a hot topic on Chinese social media with the teenager also thanking fans in Mandarin after her historic win in New York.
The hashtag “18-year-old Chinese teenager wins the US Open” trended on Weibo after the British teen, whose mother is from China and father from Romania, beat Canada’s Leylah Fernandez on Saturday night.
It had more than 200 million reads in 24 hours following Raducanu’s historic win in New York.
Raducanu’s mother Renee was born in Shenyang, Liaoning province, before moving to Canada where she met her husband and the tennis star was born before relocating to Britain aged two.

Just when you thought Emma Raducanu wasn't talented enough, the 18-year-old thanked her Chinese fans in Mandarin for their support in Saturday's US Open final.
Raducanu was born in Canada to a Chinese mother and Romanian father.
Read more: https://t.co/vvFLcH70og pic.twitter.com/3UBc4yrh1V
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 12, 2021

The official US Open Weibo account shared a video of Raduanu speaking to her Chinese fans in Mandarin after she had collected the trophy.
That video had well over a million views on the US Open account alone and it was widely posted elsewhere on the Twitter-like Chinese-language social media platform.
Who is Britain’s Chinese-Romanian teen tennis star Emma Raducanu?
“I want to say thank you,” Raducanu told fans. “I hope you enjoy watching me play tennis, I am very happy now.” It was also posted on Twitter.
Raducanu’s success started social media debate on when China would have another singles champion in a grand slam.
Li Na, who Raducanu has described as an inspiration, won the French Open and Australian Open in her career but no one has followed the hall of famer.
China’s number one singles player Zhang Shuai, who Raducanu beat on her way to the historic win in the women’s singles, won the women’s doubles with Australian partner Samantha Stosur.


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epa09458919 Emma Raducanu of Great Britain reacts as she plays Maria Sakkari of Greece during their semifinals round match on the eleventh day of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 09 September 2021. The US Open runs from 30 August through 12 September. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE

epa09458956 Emma Raducanu of Great Britain reacts after defeating Maria Sakkari of Greece during their semifinals round match on the eleventh day of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 09 September 2021. The US Open runs from 30 August through 12 September. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE

epa09458968 Emma Raducanu of Great Britain (L) and Maria Sakkari of Greece at the net after their semifinals round match on the eleventh day of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 09 September 2021. The US Open runs from 30 August through 12 September. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE

epa09458938 Maria Sakkari of Greece reacts as she plays Emma Raducanu of Great Britain during their semifinals round match on the eleventh day of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 09 September 2021. The US Open runs from 30 August through 12 September. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE

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Emma Raducanu celebrates after defeating Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in the final of the US Open in New York. Photo: DPA

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Emma Raducanu of Great Britain poses with the championship trophy after defeating Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada during their Women's Singles final match on Day Thirteen of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Sarah Stier/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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Britain’s Emma Raducanu celebrates after defeating Canada’s Leylah Annie Fernandez at the US Open in New York on Saturday. Photo: Getty Images / AFP

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More than 200 million reads of ‘18-year-old Chinese teenager wins the US Open’ hashtag on social media platform as she thanks fans in Mandarin.


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