EMMA RADUCANU faces her latest Grand Slam challenge this month – and she got off to the perfect start.
Radacanu secured a straight-set victory in her opening Australian Open match.
And the British star will be hoping to go all the way once again after stunning the world in 2021 when she won the US Open aged 18.
But since then, her form has been inconsistent as she's suffered with various injuries.
After her US Open win, she spoke of the work ethic her parents instilled in her from an early age.
Who are Emma Raducanu's parents?
Though Raducanu is a British citizen, her parents aren't of British descent.
Raducanu moved to the UK as a two-year-old, having been born in Ontario, Canada.
Her dad Ian is Romanian and her mum Renee is Chinese.
Both Ian and Renee are finance industry professionals and have been living in Bromley in Greater London since 2004.
It was in Bromley where Raducanu first started to play tennis at a local tennis academy.
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Dad Ian encouraged his daughter to trial different activities, hobbies and sports as a youngster before she finally settled on tennis.
Raducanu has previously spoken of the importance of her father's no-nonsense attitude to competition.
“They have been pushy to an extent," she explained about her parents.
"Not just in tennis but in everything. I think that I’ve developed that mentality since a young age.”
Both Ian and Renee can often be seen watching their daughter's matches, but they were not present at her US Open win due to Covid travel restrictions.
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