Emma Raducanu had US Open flight home booked two weeks ago as Brit stunned by run to semis

Having heartbreakingly retired in her fourth-round game against Ajla Tomljanovic at Wimbledon, the Brit was expected to go home in the qualifiers at the US Open.

But having won the hearts of Britain and the tennis world, Raducanu has gone from strength-to-strength.

“When you’re playing tournaments, you just get into this sort of auto-pilot mode of your routines, recovering on the day off in between,” she said.

“I didn’t expect to be here at all.