Former US Open champion Raducanu receives MBE from king

British tennis participant Emma Raducanu was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on Tuesday, a bit greater than a yr after she shocked the sporting world when she grew to become the primary qualifier to win a Grand Slam.

The then-18-year-old Raducanu catapulted her profession to new heights when she received 10 matches with out dropping a set to assert the US Open title, beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez within the ultimate.

“It’s been nice to obtain my honour at this time from His Majesty the King – I really feel extraordinarily grateful,” she mentioned in a press release made to members of the media after receiving the MBE from King Charles at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Fortress.

Her first full yr on Tour was marred by harm and disappointing finishes and she or he present sits ranked seventy fifth on the planet.

In the meantime, US tennis coaches Bob Bryan and Mardy Fish have been fined and acquired suspended bans for breaking betting sponsorship guidelines, the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) mentioned Tuesday.

The pair had been fined $10 000 every and acquired suspended bans of 4 months after admitting selling a gaming operator on social media.

As a result of the pair had been on the US Davis Cup teaching crew in 2022, they’re thought-about ‘coated individuals’ and thereby banned from such actions.

The tennis integrity watchdog’s guidelines state: “No Coated Particular person shall straight or not directly, facilitate, encourage and/or promote Tennis Betting.”

The organisation mentioned each had absolutely cooperated with the probe and had agreed to help with training and prevention initiatives to advertise integrity in tennis.

Fish, 40, reached a career-high rating of world No 7, and received an Olympic silver medal in 2004. He reached the quarterfinals of the Australian and US Opens and Wimbledon.

Bryan, 44, a top-ranked doubles participant with twin brother Mike, received 23 Grand Slams, together with seven blended doubles.