The 19-year-old Canadian has risen rapidly from 178th at the end of last season.

``Everybody's excited and it was really good to see her take the charge and kind of re-assert herself at the end, it was great. She's got some swag,'' said Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse of Bianca Andreescu, who became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title.

Canadians have revived the Toronto Raptors‘ slogan for tennis star Bianca Andreescu‘s showdown with Serena Williams at the U.S. Open.