Emma Raducanu has shared an unusual story over her birth date as she prepares to play her first match in her birth city of Toronto.
The British No 1, who last September stunned the world she won the US Open as a qualifier, is building up to her defence of the title she won at Flushing Meadows. On Tuesday, she'll play Camila Giorgi in the first round of the Canadian Open.
Lat week, she overcame searing pain to reach the quarter-finals of the Citi Open in Washington, before losing to Russian player Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets. But this tournament is undoubtedly a more poignant one for the teenage star, who was born in Toronto to a Romanian father and Chinese mother.
