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US Open 2021: Emma Raducanu reaches main draw by beating Mayar Sherif

British teenager Emma Raducanu reached the US Open main draw for the first time with a dominant win over Egypt's Mayar Sherif in her final qualifier.

Raducanu, 18, won 6-1 6-4 against fourth seed Sherif, who recently broke into the world's top 100.

After announcing her arrival on the Grand Slam stage at Wimbledon, 150th-ranked Raducanu now has another chance to shine at her first overseas major.

Fellow Briton Katie Boulter is out on court trying to join her in the draw.

Boulter, 25, won the first set 7-5 against Slovakian eighth seed Kristina Kucova but, in hot conditions, needed the trainer and doctor in a second set which she went on to lose 6-2.