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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Emma raducanu handed tough alize cornet draw to kick off us open defence - You Need To See This

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Emma Raducanu will begin the defence of her US Open title against French veteran Alize Cornet.

The 19-year-old returns as the 11th seed 12 months after her incredible triumph but will be wary of Cornet, who ended Iga Swiatek’s 37-match unbeaten run at Wimbledon and has had a number of other big grand slam wins.

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