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British tennis player Emma Raducanu wins U.S. Open women’s final

Part 1. Vocabulary

grand slam

/ˌɡran(d) ˈslam/ n.

- a set of major championships or matches in a sport in the same year, in particular tennis, golf, or rugby union:

"the tennis Grand Slam consists of the four most difficult major tournaments on the international circuit"

match

/maCH/ n.

- a contest in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport:

"a boxing match"

skid

/skid/ v.

- slide, typically sideways or obliquely, on slippery ground or as a result of stopping or turning too quickly:

The car skidded off the road and into the gully.

triumph

/ˈtrīəmf/ v.

- to achieve victory especially in a long or difficult contest.

His favorite team triumphed in the championship game

unprecedented

/ˌənˈpresədən(t)əd/

- not done or experienced before

The team has enjoyed unprecedented success this year.

Part 2. Comprehension Questions

Who is the British player who beat Canadian star Leylah Fernandez, to win the U.S. Open final?

How long did the tennis showdown last?

Why did the match had a dramatic finale?

Why was the achievement called unprecedented?

Who was the last British woman to hoist a major tennis trophy?

Part 3. Article Reading

KEY POINTS

·        British tennis player Emma Raducanu beat Canadian star Leylah Fernandez to win the U.S. Open women’s final on Saturday.

·        She is the first British woman in 44 years to win a Grand Slam singles title.

·        Raducanu came into the U.S. Open ranked 150th in the world.

Emma Raducanu has become the first British woman in 44 years to win a Grand Slam singles title.

The 18-year-old overpowered Leylah Fernandez, a 19-year-old from Canada — winning 6-4 6-3 in the U.S. Open final.

Their showdown lasted an hour and 51 minutes, was the first major tennis final between two teenagers in 22 years.

Saturday night’s match had a dramatic finale as Raducanu was forced to have a medical time out after skidding on the court and hurting her leg as she raced to return a ball.

It is an extraordinary, unprecedented achievement for Raducanu, who came into the U.S. Open ranked 150th in the world.

She didn’t drop a set during the entire tournament, playing a total of 10 matches including three in qualifying.

No qualifier had ever reached a slam final before — and as well as being the first woman to win a title in as few as two tournaments, Raducanu is also the youngest champion since Maria Sharapova triumphed at Wimbledon in 2004.

Each rally between Raducanu and Fernandez was hard-fought, with both women reading each other’s games in a way their previous opponents didn’t manage to do it.

The last British woman to hoist a major tennis trophy was Virginia Wade at Wimbledon in 1977.

source: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/11/emma-raducanu-british-tennis-player-wins-us-open-womens-final.html

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