刚刚过去的周末，一位英国华裔天才少女刷爆全网，甚至连英国女王都被惊动了。
北京时间9月12日，2021年美网女单决赛中，18岁英国华裔小将艾玛·拉杜卡努（Emma Raducanu）战胜19岁的加拿大小将费尔南德斯，首次夺得大满贯冠军，并创造纪录。
At 18, Emma Raducanu is the youngest grand slam champion since Maria Sharapova in 2004. Raducanu beat fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 to end Britain's 44-year wait for a women's Grand Slam singles champion.
I send my congratulations to you on your success in winning the United States Open Tennis Championships. It is a remarkable achievement at such a young age, and is testament to your hard work and dedication. I have no doubt your outstanding performance, and that of your opponent Leylah Fernandez, will inspire the next generation of tennis players. I send my warmest good wishes to you and your many supporters.
我祝贺你成功赢得美国网球公开赛冠军。在如此年轻的时候就取得了如此非凡的成就，也证明了你辛勤训练和努力奉献。我毫不怀疑你以及你的对手莱拉·费尔南德斯的出色表现，这将激励下一代网球运动员。我向你和你的众多支持者致以最热烈的祝福。
拉杜卡努曾在一次采访中公开表示，“妈妈的中国血统给予我自信”（Mother's Chinese heritage gave me self-belief）。
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Raducanu's mother, Dong Mei Zhai, who is now known as Renee, grew up in Shenyang before moving to Toronto. She then moved with her husband, Ian, to Bromley, southeast London, when their daughter was two.
英媒报道给予拉杜卡努极高的评价，称她肩负英国女子网球的未来，可能成为英国的体育新星。而拉杜卡努将自己大部分的动力和决心都归功于她的罗马尼亚和中国父母。
She may be the UK's newest sporting sweetheart, holding the future of British women's tennis in the palm of her service hand, but Emma Raducanu has credited her Chinese and Romanian parentage with much of her drive and determination.
当地时间2021年09月11日，2021年美网公开赛女单决赛，拉杜卡努 VS 费尔南德斯。图片来源：东方IC
"I think the confidence comes from just inner belief," she tells Vogue's October edition. "My mum comes from a Chinese background, they have very good self-belief. It’s not necessarily about telling everyone how good you are, but it's about believing it within yourself. I really respect that about the culture."
她在接受《时尚》杂志十月刊采访时说，“我认为这种自信来自内心的信念。我妈妈来自中国，他们非常自信。这种自信不一定是为了告诉每个人你有多好，而是要相信你自己。我真的很尊重这种文化。”
"My mom has always instilled a lot of the qualities, like discipline and respect for other people, into me, so I think having parents like I do, they always push me, they have high expectations, so I've always tried to live up to that."
“妈妈总是向我传递很多美好的品质，比如自律和尊重他人，所以我觉得有像我这样的父母，他们总是督促我，他们有着很高的期望，所以我一直努力去达到他们的要求。”
"Her movements were what impressed me the most. She was so agile and quick and very powerful. She never missed an opportunity to be aggressive."
agile/ˈædʒaɪl/ 敏捷的
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