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The tennis ace was born in Toronto, Canada in 2002, to a Chinese mother, Renee, and Romanian father, Ian. She and her family moved to the UK when she was just two years old, settling (1) in Kent, where her mum and dad both worked in finance.
Emma, who is an only child, first set foot on a tennis court when she was just five years old, and by the age of six she had already been listed on her local Bromley Tennis Centre's roll of honour after having won the Under 8s Girls Championship.
t the age of seven, she claimed her first regional title, and soon she’d also taken home the trophies from several national singles tournaments. At just ten, Emma had her first taste of international success, winning a Tennis Europe event in France.
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The champion says that her dad is her biggest inspiration. Speaking to the Lawn Tennis Association, she revealed: "He was always involved in my tennis from a very young age. When I was younger, we would always compete against each other and I would always want to beat him. When that day finally came – it was great!"
While Emma, now 19, looks set to spend many years as a top sportswoman, she would have plenty of other career options should she wish to pursue (2) them. At school, she never neglected (3) her studies, leaving last summer with top grades in both maths and economics. Thanks to her family background she is fluent in both Romanian and Mandarin.
But when she's not battling it out on court, the star is just like any other teen, taking selfies, hanging with friends and enjoying nights out. And despite her newfound (4) wealth, she still uses public transport.
Following her dizzying (5) win against 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez at the US Open, Emma received personal congratulations from many a famous face, including the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Beatrice and even the Queen.
However, her personal celebrations were modest. She shared that she would be celebrating her triumph with chocolate frozen yoghurt topped with brownies, laughing: "It's chocolate with more chocolate and some chocolate brownies, I'm one of those!"
1. To settle somewhere = To make a home there
2. To pursue = To chase
3. To neglect something = To devote insufficient attention to it
4. Newfound = Newly acquired
5. Dizzying = Causing vertigo
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