NEW YORK (AP) — Emma Raducanu won the U.S. Open at age 18 in 2021, becoming the first qualifier in history to win a Grand Slam title. Since then, she hasn’t won a match in New York.

It hasn’t been the outcome many would have expected. But this year, back again at the location of her shot to stardom, the British player looks more primed than ever to make the type of run her fans have been hoping for.

“You’re never going to feel completely perfect,” Raducanu said Friday, two days before the year's last major tournament begins. “You’re never going to feel 100 percent ready, but as ready as I can be. That’s how I feel.”

She may not feel completely ready, but her hard-court resume this season hints that she’s pretty close.

The American hard-court swing through Washington, Montreal and

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