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Option 1 : Tennis

The correct answer is Tennis.

 

  • US Open champion Emma Raducanu has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021.
    • She has become the third WTA (Women's Tennis Association) player to win the award in its 67-year history.
    • Raducanu became the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title after defeating Leylah Fernandez in the Flushing Meadows final in September 2021.

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  • Raducanu follows in the footsteps of three-time Grand Slam champions Wade and Ann Jones as BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners.
  • Wade and Jones collected the award after their Wimbledon triumphs in 1977 and 1969, respectively.
  • Additionally, on the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) side, Greg Rusedski (1997) and Andy Murray (2013, 2015-16) have won the award.
  • Raducanu beat two Olympic gold medallists into second and third place - diver Tom Daley and swimmer Adam Peaty.
  • She is the first woman to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year since equestrian Zara Phillips in 2006.
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