Who Is Emma Raducanu? Everything to Know About the Tennis Star Who Defeated Serena Williams on Court

Ahead of her Wimbledon match, Liam tweeted, "Get on the Les Dennis tday and get behind Emma Raducanu celestial talent."

Emma is only the fourth British teenager to make the Round of 16 at Wimbledon in the so-called 'Open Era' of tennis, which started in 1968 and basically refers to the time when Grand Slam competitions starting allowing amateurs to compete with professionals.

She's the first qualifier—meaning she had to compete to enter the competition rather than automatically be included due to her ranking—to ever reach a grand slam final in history, and the youngest since Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004 at the age of 17.

For the unfamiliar (a.k.a. non-Brits), A-levels are pesky end-of-year exams that are a source of stress for many young people. However, Emma Raducanu breezed through hers literally two months before her Wimbledon debut. How?! According to WTA Tennis, Emma sat her math and economics A-levels two months before Wimbledon.

In an interview, Emma said, "Everyone thinks I'm absolutely fanatic about my school results. They think I have such an inflated ego about it."

She continued, "I think my parents just think I'm crazy. I won't accept anything less than an A star. I think that's what people around me think about me. I also feel like I have to live up to that expectation now. That's why I also work so hard to try and get those grades. I'm not sure what I'm going to come back with, but I did my part, I did my best."

Speaking to WTA Tennis recently, Emma said, "I think for me, someone who has not been able to compete much, has always been sort of held back by something, I think that just to be able to be at The Championships, I feel like I'm on a holiday, like it's unbelievable. I just want to stay here for as long as I can."