SlowDownDerek
UTC Legend
I think people are going a bit over the top about this.
Yes it is a great achievement for a 'British' women (wearing Romanian colours) but there have been a number of others winning a Grand Slam before, at a younger age.
1. Martina Hingis – 16 years and 117 days
2. Monica Seles – 16 years and 189 days
3. Tracy Austin – 16 years and 270 days
4. Maria Sharapova – 17 years and 75 days
5. Aranxta Sanchez Vicario – 17 years and 174 days
6. Serena Williams – 17 years and 350 days
7. Steffi Graf – 17 years and 357 days
8. Emma Raducanu – 18 years and 302 days
I am not a tennis fan but I know who will win SPOTTY this year, now.
Romanian colours? You sure?
She's the first qualifier to ever win a grand slam. It's a huge achievement irrespective of your dodgy quotation marks. SPOTTY is a load of old crap, this girl has already achieved much bigger things than that.