NEW YORK—At just 22 years old, Emma Raducanu has already experienced everything the US Open has to offer. The 2021 champion has played in front of a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd and, that same year, competed on an empty USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center when lingering pandemic concern mandated a spectator-free qualifying tournament.

"Of course, I'm very, very pleased," Raducanu said, noting that it had been a while since she came out on the right side of a score in New York, “so it's extra special.” After her surprising championship four years ago,