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Meet the teen who entered the US Open while ranked 150th in the world, won every set, and took the winning trophy (as well as a cool $2.5 million prize) home.

Born in Canada to a Romanian father and Chinese mother, Emma Raducanu and her family moved to London when she was two.

As a kid, she loved a range of sports, including golf, ping pong, motocross racing—and, of course, tennis.

Her new rank is 23rd in the world, but we have the feeling she’s going to soar on that front ever upwards.

Here’s her story, from the BBC:

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