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Emma Raducanu once again won her US Open trophy three months after winning the last major of the year. The Bromley teenager won the trophy in New York and became the first qualifier in history to win a Grand Slam championship. She later revealed that she donated the trophy to LTA's National Tennis Center to thank them for all their help early in her career.

Emma Raducanu (Emma Raducanu) won the Grand Slam title as a qualifier, thus accomplishing what was previously impossible in this sport.

At the age of 18, she traveled to New York to participate in the qualifiers, and after qualifying for a major draw for the second time in a row, she won all three qualifiers without losing a set.

Then she won the main race, winning seven consecutive games without losing a set-even against 17th seed Maria Sakari and recent Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic-won The first youth U.S. Open final since 1999 against Laila Fernandez left the title.

In addition to becoming the first qualifier in history to win a Grand Slam, she also became the first woman to win the championship in her second Grand Slam tournament.

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A few weeks later, during the Transylvania Open, Raducanu revealed that she had handed her trophy to LTA in a heart-warming manner to express her gratitude to LTA for participating in her career. Affection.

"I'm sure it is stored in the National Tennis Center in London," the 19-year-old player said in an interview on the court after beating Anna Bogdan 6-3 6-4 in the third round.

"It's not at home. If you want to watch it, it's at NTC."

In explaining her decision to hand over the trophy to LTA, Raducanu said: “I just think LTA has done a lot for me. I just want them to use it as a sign. Thank you very much for everything they have done for me. Help me spend my youth.

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"They played a huge role in my development, so yes, this is a small gift."

After visiting the Roehampton National Tennis Center, she has now reunited with her first trophy.

LTA shared a series of photos showing Raducanu smiling while holding her trophy in front of the glass case.

"Reunited and go home," a tweet said, next to a snapshot showing Radu Kanu taking her trophy from a shelf and holding it up for the second time.

Reunited and went home. @EmmaRaducanu @usopen pic.twitter.com/QsHycxP4dI

The 19-year-old is currently in the preseason stage, which is her first full season on the professional tour.

After the experienced German led Angelique Kobel to two of the three Grand Slam titles and the world number one, she recently hired Torben Beltz as her new coach .

In the recent homecoming exhibition game held at the Royal Albert Hall, Raducanu revealed that she started her physical training on November 23 and started her tennis training last week under the guidance of a new coach.

Speaking of her goals for the 2022 season, Radukanu added: "My expectations of myself are just constantly improving. I want to look back at the end of this year to see if I have made progress in every aspect.

"I know that it takes a lot of patience for me to reach the position I want and eliminate this consistency. So I think this may be the biggest goal, but it's just to build physical fitness."

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