I have no idea who that is or what they accomplished. I don’t care about sports at all, but I know about Michael Jordan Game 6 and Mike Tyson’s Heavyweight Championship, so I’m going to assert it’s less significant than those,

Emma Raducanus win is a great achievement for British sport and tennis in particular not necessarily for the world.

**While Emma Raducanu's US Open win was a great sporting achievement for British tennis, it may not be one of the greatest sporting achievements of all time - and this isn't necessarily a bad thing.** - When Emma Raducanu won the 2021 US Open, she became the first-ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam (meaning she wasn't automatically qualified because of her high ranking) & the first British woman since Virginia Wade won a Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 1977. It was also the first GS Final between two ['unseeded' players] (https://tennispredict.com/how-does-seeding-work-in-tennis/) - neither Emma nor her competitor, 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez was ranked among the top 16 players in the competition. - She also managed to win the title without losing a single set in the ten matches leading up to it - for an 18-year-old, it was a hugely impressive victory. But was it one of the greatest sporting achievements of all time? - In a way, its 'greatness' is defined by its impact and the reaction it provokes. Emma Raducanu's win very much felt like [an underdog triumph] (https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/us-open/2021/us-open-tennis-2021-emma-raducanu-takes-british-baton-from-andy-murray-in-reaching-final-in-new-york_sto8535726/story.shtml) & while it was an undeniably skilful win, a fair amount of the explosive response to it was the result of shock. - A similar thing happened last year when Polish player Iga Swiatek won the French Open at age 19. Like Emma, she was not high-ranked and didn't drop a single set before becoming Poland's first-ever Grand Slam winner. Swiatek has since [been open about the pressure] (https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/tennis/story/french-open-2021-iga-swiatek-maria-sakkari-draining-tokyo-olympics-1812944-2021-06-09) of her high-profile win & its draining effect. - While Emma Racucanu has so far displayed an impressive amount of fortitude and coolness under pressure, she is only 18 & the fallout from kicking off her career with 'one of the greatest sporting achievements of all time' would be immense. Part of why she was such a surprise win was that rather than prioritising tennis & attending tournaments abroad, [she focused on her A-levels] (https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/emma-raducanu-coach-a-levels-us-open-2021-final-grounded-better-player-1192926). She obviously has tons of skill. And her US Open win is definitely one for the books - being the first-ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam is a big deal! But it doesn't make it one of the greatest sporting achievements in history. And it would be a lot of pressure on her if it did!