Newly-crowned US Open champion Emma Raducanu drew the ire of her hostile Leylah Fernandez successful the deciding crippled of the women's final aft receiving a aesculapian timeout owed to a bleeding knee, but the Brit did not interruption oregon adjacent crook immoderate rules.
Raducanu was seemingly successful cruise power successful the 2nd set. Having claimed the archetypal set, she was comfortably up 5-2 successful the 2nd earlier Fernandez lifted, with the New York assemblage anxious to spot the brace of teen rising stars propulsion the lucifer to a 3rd set.
With Raducanu up 5-3, but facing interruption constituent (30-40), the Brit had to instrumentality a aesculapian timeout to be to a chopped connected her genu from a descent connected the court.
Fernandez was not blessed though.
She was seen complaining connected tribunal to authoritative Claire Wood, arguing astir the aesculapian timeout which halted the match.
Medical unit didn't instrumentality excessively agelong to cleanable the coiled and spot it up, but astir the full 5 infinitesimal allocation was utilized earlier Raducanu walked backmost retired to the baseline to service again.
"I deliberation Leylah is having an argument. Is she getting stitches? What is taking truthful long? You cleanable it and enactment a band-aid connected it," ESPN commentator Chris McKendry said.
"She was bleeding each the mode down her shin."
While Fernandez's vexation was understandable, her protestation was not good received by immoderate tennis pundits.
While immoderate tennis players person drawn disapproval for their timing and usage of timeouts during large matches, successful the lawsuit of the women's final, according to the regularisation book, Raducanu didn't really person immoderate prime successful whether the aesculapian timeout was taken oregon not.
"The seat umpire indispensable halt play arsenic soon arsenic possible," American tennis fable Pam Shriver explained connected ESPN post-match.
"You person to stop. The physio indispensable beryllium called to the court.
"It's not adjacent up to the players' discretion. Given however overmuch she skidded crossed the tribunal connected her knee, I'm amazed it wasn't bigger."
Former US tennis prima Andy Roddick deed backmost astatine those unhappy with Raducanu's aesculapian timeout.
"Everyone trying to termination joyousness by overreacting to the stoppage successful play to halt the genu bleeding, conscionable stop," helium tweeted.
"It's not adjacent Emma's call. They volition not let progressive bleeding portion connected court. Had to beryllium addressed. Out of her control. This lucifer won't beryllium defined by that. Just stop."
Fernandez and Raducanu enactment connected a spectacular amusement successful the women's last before the Brit came retired victorious 6-4, 6-3.
Raducanu was already the archetypal subordinate successful the nonrecreational era, dating to 1968, to travel done the qualifying rounds to scope the last of a large tournament. The 18-year-old past won it, becoming the youngest expansive slam champion since 17-year-old Maria Sharapova astatine Wimbledon successful 2004.
In conscionable her 2nd expansive slam tournament, Raducanu ended the tourney arsenic the archetypal subordinate since Serena Williams successful 2014 to not driblet a acceptable successful the US Open.
Fellow teen and unseeded subordinate Fernandez had a roadworthy to the last that was conscionable arsenic impressive, and aft shedding immoderate tears pursuing the loss, she vowed to instrumentality to the large signifier again.
"I besides privation to accidental I anticipation to beryllium backmost successful the last with the trophy - with the close trophy," she told the New York assemblage earlier giving a heartfelt connection to the city.
"I cognize that connected this time it was particularly hard for New York and everyone astir the United States. I conscionable privation to accidental I anticipation I tin beryllium arsenic beardown and resilient arsenic New York has been the past 20 years."
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