The WASHINGTON POST writes after her U.S. Open win, "Everyone wants to claim Emma Raducanu as their own." The teenage tennis sensation was "hailed as the first British woman to claim a Grand Slam title in 44 years." But Raducanu was "born in Toronto to a Chinese mother and Romanian father before moving to a London suburb as a toddler." Many Romanians who watched the final "noticed that she wore red, yellow and blue, the same colors as the Romanian flag." Fans in China "were thrilled when she told British Vogue that her self-confidence was rooted in her mother’s culture -- and they were elated when she recorded a video thanking them in Mandarin." Meanwhile, Raducanu "embraces all of her heritage."
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