With Serena Williams pulling out due to fitness issues even before a ball had been hit and Naomi Osaka and Ash Barty dispatched in the third round, a loss of interest in the women's singles draw at this year's U.S. Open was palpable.
But no one could have predicted that it would be left to two teenagers -- ranked 150th and 73rd in the world -- to create the kind of frenzied hype in women's tennis as seen over the past fortnight with their fascinating journeys to Saturday's final.
"This was an epic of the U.S. Open. It was a great comeback of the U.S. Open, it was just an amazing two weeks." But Raducanu and Fernandez ensured it did not, keeping the global audience captivated with their scintillating runs from relative obscurity. Add in 17-year-old American Coco Gauff, who has already registered some stunning wins in her fledgling career, to the mix and women's tennis is looking at an exciting future.
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