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Whether it was staged or not please remember that Fernandez is only 19. Personally I thought it was a classy touch given she'd just lost a major final.
As for Emma, first class and a credit to her parents, regardless of where they hail from.
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Apparently someone tweeted, "three months ago, my daughter was in the same maths class as Emma Raducanu. Last weekend Emma won the US Open and my daughter broke her arm at a festival #parentingfail".
If Raducanu wins she's British. If she is loses she is Canadian/Chinese/Romanian. Surely we can all agree on that?
Agreed. The simplest solution is often the best one.
As far as her marketablity goes, the fact that she can apparently speak Mandarin is going to take that to another level I'd guess.
Hopefully it won't detract from the tennis - I'm not really an expert on golf but always felt Rory McIlroy lost it after signing that massive deal with Nike.
Agreed. The simplest solution is often the best one.
As far as her marketablity goes, the fact that she can apparently speak Mandarin is going to take that to another level I'd guess.
Hopefully it won't detract from the tennis - I'm not really an expert on golf but always felt Rory McIlroy lost it after signing that massive deal with Nike.
After her latest predictable defeat defending her US Open title (I was almost going to bet on her opponent but odds weren't fantastic) is she just a flash in the pan two week wonder?
After her latest predictable defeat defending her US Open title (I was almost going to bet on her opponent but odds weren't fantastic) is she just a flash in the pan two week wonder?
What she achieved at the US Open last year was nothing short of sensational.
However, it had all the hallmarks of possibly breaking her career even if it meant she would be financially set up for life.
She’s still only 19 so plenty of opportunity to improve but the weight of expectation and constant media focus won’t help.
Her biggest problem is consistent injuries. She has about 3 of them at any one time, so she’s constantly playing through something. That has been a major problem for her.
What she achieved at the US Open last year was nothing short of sensational.
However, it had all the hallmarks of possibly breaking her career even if it meant she would be financially set up for life.
She’s still only 19 so plenty of opportunity to improve but the weight of expectation and constant media focus won’t help.
Think she has also had a fairly rough year with injuries as well. It is a massive step up from playing some tournaments in run up to your A levels with no immediate expectations to suddenly pushing to a full time playing professional. Will take her sometime to adapt physically and mentally to the challenge. She'll do OK once she has settled into the routine and her body starts to adapt to increased demands being placed on it competing at the elite level.
After her latest predictable defeat defending her US Open title (I was almost going to bet on her opponent but odds weren't fantastic) is she just a flash in the pan two week wonder?
Probably not although the US Open win has had two predictable affects:
She's had to play the bigger tournaments because she was in the world top 20 (quite a few tournaments are mandatory when your ranking is that high) and hasn't been able to play minor tournaments (because you can't enter them with a high ranking). This means that more often than not she's playing top 50 players in the first round and top 20 in the second round. On top of injuries and niggles it means she's hardly getting a run of matches to get her game up to scratch.
She had such a fanfare she's likely to have been studied by all of the players and they've been able to analyse her strengths and weaknesses.
Most British fans who know about tennis are saying this should be a much better year for her with a chance to play a wider variety of tournaments and get some wins under her belt. She's definitely got a lot of talent - she reached junior world rank 20 at 15/16 - but probably needs to develop her all round game if she's going to win more Grand Slams.
Think she has also had a fairly rough year with injuries as well. It is a massive step up from playing some tournaments in run up to your A levels with no immediate expectations to suddenly pushing to a full time playing professional. Will take her sometime to adapt physically and mentally to the challenge. She'll do OK once she has settled into the routine and her body starts to adapt to increased demands being placed on it competing at the elite level.
I think she'll be a top 20 ranked player within 2yrs. She will slip about 50 places after this loss and hopefully she can start to enjoy the tour.
Can never understand any critism she receives, seems like a really lovely girl, winning the US open, plus the Wimbledon debut, was a fairytale and fully deserved.
Her pre season was ruined by getting covid and she's had niggling injuries ever since. The hand blisters thing keeps recurring so she needs to find a solution to that.
Plenty of time to reset and go again, still only 19.
Injuries - could be a classic case of pushing young kids too hard too soon at a time their bodies are still growing. Anna Kournakova springs to mind as one whose body could not handle the physical demands placed on her from an early age.
Coaches - did I read somewhere that ER's gone through several coaches already? If so, that needs to stop and she needs some stability to guide her.
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Not sure if women’s tennis is the outlier for having so many different tournament winners (when Serena isn’t around), or men’s for having so few, due to the dominance for so long of the Big 3.
Radacanu has had a hard start on the WTA tour, with Covid and injuries. I didn't think she'd win 3 games, but given her opponent, it really shouldn't be a surprise. As she said afterwards, losing might take away the expectations and allow her to build a solid areer. Away from OTT media scrutiny.
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I remember Andy Murray coming through as a teenager and Raducanu has very similar parallels with Andy from that time. Going from school/Uni challenger tours/local matches to the ATP/WTA is a massive step physically qnd mentally. I remember seeing Murray as a 18/19 year old and you could see he has a special talent, just like Raducanu has but he had a terrible time with injuries as well and it wasn't until his body toughened up and could cope with the demands of world class tennis that he became a consistent top player. The same will happen with Raducanu imo. So long as she's driven and wants to do it, once her body learns to cope she will become the top top player that we want her to be.
Injuries - could be a classic case of pushing young kids too hard too soon at a time their bodies are still growing. Anna Kournakova springs to mind as one whose body could not handle the physical demands placed on her from an early age.
Coaches - did I read somewhere that ER's gone through several coaches already? If so, that needs to stop and she needs some stability to guide her.
I’ll do it. I’ve got an old Dunlop Green Flash racquet somewhere. Always liked tennis. She’s dreamy.
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