london emma raducanu revealed friday she spent her first night back in britain watching a replay of her historic us open final victory against leylah fernandez admitting her achievement still had not fully sunk inthe 18yearold beat her 19yearold canadian opponent 64 63 in new york on saturday to become the first qualifier to win a grand slamraducanu became the first british player to win a grand slam in womens singles since virginia wade in 1977 and did not drop a set during her stunning run to the titleshe returned to her suburban london home on thursday enjoying a taste of home cooking and reliving the emotional rollercoaster of her 111minute tussle with fernandezits gradually sinking in a bit more but its still such a whirlwind of an experience she told the bbc ive loved every moment of it it is something that is still very difficult to fully comprehendraducanu who has rocketed to 23rd in the world rankings made her breakthrough at wimbledon earlier this year reaching the fourth round at her first grand slambut her midmatch withdrawal drew criticism for a perceived lack of mental strength including from seventime grand slam winner and pundit john mcenroeyet raducanu felt proud of her resilience during her victory in new yorkwhen i was watching it the final it almost feels like thats not me whos playing she saidi knew exactly what was going to happen but theres some very tense moments and i was really proud of how i came throughraducanu has spoken of how her parents strict approach helped her become a championspeaking about her welcome home the teenager said they just gave me a hug when i came back nothing crazy my mum made some really good homemade dumplings just some reassurance in saying theyre proud of me is enoughthe torontoborn teenager who pocketed 25 million for winning the us open has shot to fame overnight and is set to earn millions through lucrative sponsorship dealsshe received a congratulatory letter from queen elizabeth ii spoke with uk prime minister boris johnson via telephone and appeared at new yorks met gala fashion showraducanus next appearance on the wta tour could come at the indian wells tournament in california next month