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Emma Raducanu: Fairytale of New York: - 5 Live special relives US Open triumph

At the start of 2021, few outside British tennis circles had heard of Emma Raducanu. At the end of the year, the 19-year-old is a national superstar and known around the globe.

Three months on, the triumph that transformed the Bromley teenager from a 499-1 pre-tournament outsider to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year has been revisited in a BBC Radio 5 Live documentary.

Featuring interviews with British tennis legends Virginia Wade and Tim Henman, plus members of Raducanu's backroom team, 'Emma Raducanu: Fairytale of New York' will be aired at 20:00 GMT on Thursday.

This is a taste of the documentary's insight into one of the greatest achievements and most incredible stories in the history of sport.