WATCH: Emma Raducanu is loving her stunning run at the US Open

Name: US Open 2021 - Emma Raducanu : "I didn't expect to be here at all. I mean, I think my flights were booked at the end of qualifying, so it's a nice problem to have"
Uploaded: 2021-09-09T05:59:11.000Z
Duration: 174 s
Description: C’est une première participation à l’US Open qui restera à jamais gravée dans sa mémoire. Jamais, avant elle, une joueuse issue des qualifications n'avait atteint les demi-finales à Flushing Meadows. Ce mercredi, Emma Raducanu, classée au 150e rang mondial, s’est offert le scalp de la Suissesse Belinda Bencic (6-4, 6-3).

British tennis star Emma Raducanu admitted she thought would be flying home from the US Open after qualifying and even had the flights booked.

By John Smith

Published 9th Sep 2021, 08:06 BST

Updated 9th Sep 2021, 08:16 BST

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Instead, she is looking forward to her first ever grand slam semi-final later on tonight (Thursday) against Maria Sakkari of Greece, after beating Switzerland’s Olympic champion Belinda Bencic yesterday’s (Wednesday) quarter-final.

She said: “I didn’t expect to be here at all. I mean, I think my flights were booked at the end of qualifying, so it's a nice problem to have.”

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