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Emma Raducanu’s 2021 US Open title proved to the world that anything is possible. And for young British tennis players, who had grown up watching the godlike figure of Andy Murray, it proved that mortals could win Grand Slams too.
Jack Draper was one of those players. Watching Raducanu’s astonishing performance at Flushing Meadows lit a spark in him and, this fortnight, that spark has become a flame.
“What Emma did was incredibly inspiring,” said Draper, who will face world number one Jannik Sinner on Friday night at the US Open in his first Grand Slam semi-final. “I’ve known her from a very young age and to see what she did was incredible. I was so proud of her.
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