(CNN)The Queen has praised Emma Raducanu's "outstanding" US Open triumph connected Saturday, calling it a "remarkable achievement."
The 18-year-old from the UK bushed chap teen Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3, to assertion her archetypal expansive slam rubric and go the archetypal qualifier successful the past of the Open Era to triumph a large title.
In a letter, Queen Elizabeth II sent her congratulations to the tennis superstar aft she clinched the historical grand slam title.
"It is simply a singular accomplishment astatine specified a young age, and is testament to your hard enactment and dedication," she wrote. "I person nary uncertainty your outstanding performance, and that of your hostile Leylah Fernandez, volition animate the adjacent procreation of tennis players. I nonstop my warmest bully wishes to you and your galore supporters."
Ranked 150th successful the satellite entering the tournament, Raducanu's fairytale winning tally has been the happening of dreams.
The Briton did not driblet a acceptable connected the mode to her maiden large title, showing poise and composure which belied her years connected the biggest signifier imaginable.
She became the archetypal pistillate to triumph a large rubric successful her 2nd expansive slam lawsuit -- Chris Evert and Venus Williams both got to the last successful their 3rd major, but some lost.
Raducanu besides became the youngest expansive slam singles champion since 17-year-old Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon successful 2004.
Her accomplishment is made adjacent much singular erstwhile 1 considers she has yet to triumph a main gully lucifer connected the WTA Tour. Now she is simply a expansive slam winner.
Afterwards, she paid tribute to Fernandez and the pugnacious trial she enactment up successful the final, arsenic good arsenic hailing the aboriginal of women's tennis.
"I anticipation we'll play each different successful much finals and successful much matches connected the Tour, connected these stages, connected specified occasions similar this connected Arthur Ashe," she told CNN Sport's Carolyn Manno.
"I mean it's truthful enjoyable and for the expansive slam last present to person 2 of america that are young and coming through, it decidedly conscionable shows however beardown the aboriginal of tennis is and hopefully we'll beryllium capable to travel successful the footsteps of immoderate of the legends that person played and that are playing close now."
'A prima is born'
The US Open's archetypal all-teen last since 1999 had the tennis satellite astatine a standstill.
And the 2 youngsters didn't disappoint, displaying flashes of brilliance and resilience arsenic they did conflict astatine Flushing Meadows.
However, contempt Fernandez's champion efforts, she was incapable to halt Raducanu's meteoric rise, becoming the UK's archetypal women's expansive slam singles champion successful 44 years.
Messages of congratulations poured successful for Raducanu successful the aftermath alongside the Queen's.
"A prima is born," Martina Navratilova, victor of 18 expansive slam singles titles, tweeted. "Emma Raducanu makes past and she is conscionable getting started. And volition ne'er person to suffice again."
Billie Jean King, 18-time expansive slam singles winner, praised the adjacent procreation of tennis players, arsenic good arsenic the New York crowd.
"What a terrific show of contention & maturity from 2 exceptional players," she said.
"It is fantastic to spot this procreation surviving our dream. I can't retrieve a US Open with amended assemblage support. Thank you, NY, the top fans successful the world."
Raducanu herself said that the effect hadn't rather deed her conscionable yet.
"It inactive hasn't sunk successful due to the fact that aft the match, I haven't truly had a infinitesimal to conscionable halt and conscionable clasp everything that's conscionable happened," she explained.
"But I can't hold to conscionable truly descend successful with my squad contiguous and bask and observe and past erstwhile I get backmost home, to spot everyone backmost home. It's been 7 weeks distant present truthful to spell location now, I'm conscionable truly excited to spot my household and friends."
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