US Open: ‘Chinese teen’ Emma Raducanu trends on Weibo after historic win


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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...