Mississauga (Canada) (AFP)
Canada's Bianca Andreescu, who won the US Open against Serena Williams, was honored Sunday at a rally in her hometown of Ontario.
"I am truly blessed," said the smiling 19-year-old, speaking at the rally to mark her victory.
"I did not do it overnight, there was a lot of hard work and sweat, a lot of difficulties," she said.
"If I can do it, if Serena (Williams) can do it, if Roger (Federer) can do it, if the Raptors (Toronto basketball team, ed) can do it, then you too," he said. she clamored to the crowd of several hundred people.
The key to her hometown of Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto, was given to her by the mayor and a street will be renamed in her name.
"Bianca is an inspiration for all Canadians, but especially for young Canadians, because it has shown that young people can do anything they want," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was campaigning for second term.
First Canadian to win a Major in the modern era (since 1968), she also deprived Serena Williams of a 24th Grand Slam title, after a tense match over the end she won 6-3 , 7-5, earlier in September.
Thanks to this victory, Bianca Andreescu was propelled from the 200th place of the WTA ranking a year ago, reached the top 5.
Before the victory of Bianca Andreescu, the Toronto Raptors became the first non-American team to win the NBA title last June.
The slogan of the Toronto basketball team, "We the North", has been hijacked to mark the victory of the player becoming "She the North" ("she the North" , note).
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