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Lots of opinions posted with some far more biased than others in more ways than one.
It's an undisputable fact that Raducanu had one of the most fortunate passages in grand slam history with an 11th seed the most difficult obstacle on paper. Of course she has done fantastically well as you can , like horse racing you can only beat what's put in front of you. The perspective needed though is to assess what she needs to do to consolidate all this praise and the answer for me is to hit the top 10 in the rankings. If you're a top 10 ranking with a grand slam under your belt as well then you've dismissed any fluke claims and arrived as a proper tennis talent that required a lot more success than a 2 week tournament with an apparent fortunate passage along the way. Of course she should hit the top 10 from what we've seen but let's drop this " dominating tennis " nonsense until that happens as an absolute minimum. |
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I have no interest in tennis but rather like the men few women DOMINATE:
serena Ash barty..the best come on richmond tigers Graf Evert Navratilova Only 18 but not there yet girl!! In fairness she has never said that though its these hysterical saddos in constant need of a 'British' sporting champion who are to blame |
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heard her ex coach mark petchy say on tv she can improve her
serve 30% forehand 30% backhand slice 35% overhead.volley around trhe net etx by over 60% basically not realising he,s rubbishing a grand slam as he spoke,a young lady who can improve her game by 50% plus wins a slam without dropping a set means if she doesnt do it again not only not miproved an inch but can backwards from 50%, usually uk media she,sw young she can only get better,best example michael owen argrentina rather than been a starting point it turned out to his pinnacle at international level,same with rory he,s got steadly worse as he,s got older |
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Dare I say it from a future betting point of view she will be bad value to back. Again nothing to do with her tennis ability
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All this talk about her not having beaten a top 10 player really is farcical.
The current top 10 isn't packed with legends of the sport ffs. The current 2,3 & 4 ranked players have been in 2 slam finals between them (Pliskova 2). Bottom line is, Emma will be seriously competitive against anyone in the top 10 because basically, they're not a fantastic set of players. |
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What Emma achieved was incredible anybody expecting her to dominate tennis or win another grand slam soon is expecting much too much. if she gets into the top ten in the next year she will have done well. i enjoyed watching both players a breath of fresh air to watch great tennis from girls not built for power
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i enjoyed it and surprised by the level
but you can get a great game of tennis,looks good quality because the players are equally matched,someone else osaka etc might have blown both away, time will tell |
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Osaka got beaten by Fernandez.
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OK
DIDNT LOOK at fernandez route through cheers |
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do the uk still have british championships imagine konte would like a go at emma ,or are things like that old hat
saw emma is now the british no 1, wasnt there another uk lady did vewry well at wimb |
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She has even got a mattress named after her now
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I think winning the US Open does not automatically mean she's top of her class. However, repeating the same achievement at Wimbledon will go a very long way towards it though. But, 1st she'll need to be involved in semi-finals (at least) in the next few impending tournaments if she's to be considered a genuine star of the near future.
She's a breath of fresh air to British Tennis with her steeliness and determination she showed in the US Open. |
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I think she & everyone with any knowledge about the sport know that.
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I see Tracy Austin won the US Open at age 16 beating Chris Evert in the final. If Emma matches anything like that, as far as opposition is concerned, she will be great.
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handtorofe.
There was plenty of power in both their strokes |
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Wesdag 13 Sep 21 15:03
Fitting that this thread is in the horse racing section as from some of the comments, it's clear that many know fcuk all about the sport. Ironically many know fcuk all about horse racing too !  |
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tbf she speaks fluent Mandarin which gives her a passport to millions from the the trillions.
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facts i know both girls had great powerful ground strokes i was referring to their build especially Leyla
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@stewarty b -- tbf she speaks fluent Mandarin which gives her a passport to millions from the the trillions.
Now it has been mentioned, we may as well have the links:- Emma speaks Mandarin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq1xM87Rk7w Emma knows at least two of the words to Sweet Caroline: https://twitter.com/ESPNUK/status/1437038359575253003?s=20 |
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handtorofe.
ok |
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Interesting article in the Telegraph about how ER played lots of different sports as a child, and that research has shown that kids who do this are more likely to make it to the very top than those who specialise early. Also a warning to parents not to be too controlling!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2021/09/15/rise-emma-raducanu-salutary-tale-pushy-parents-everywhere/ |
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Is there something strange about her family?in an interview she said something about her efforts not usually good enough for her parents.,she didn’t exactly rush back to the uk after being in the us for quite a time & im sure they could have gone to the final despite COVID if they’d really wanted.in the welcome home photos this morning mother nowhere to be seen.
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im sure they could have gone to the final despite COVID
curious to know how given that anyone in UK for last 14 days can't travel to US |
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Maybe you should alert social services.
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Could have gone via Canada
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Yes, and they would've had to stay in Canada for 14 days before travelling to New York.
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It is not possible for most British nationals to enter the USA if they have been in the UK, Ireland, Schengen zone, Iran, Brazil, China, South Africa or India within the previous 14 days.
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How do the jockeys get exemptions? Elite sportsmen?
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I see her father is a fx currency trader
Probably got an account on BF |
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What about her grandfather or maybe her uncle. I think we need to be told.
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Lucky, that makes sense. London is the world centre for fx trading. It sounds more important a job than it really is in reality. I trade all my companies fx on-line now. Its just like betfair really!beware those fat fingers.
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Just read the DMAIL saying the mother is also a trader
REALLY Cor blimely   |
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That will come in handy as her $2.5 million prize money will need to be changed into pounds before she can spend it.
45% income tax and a fair chunk to her entourage (coach, physio and whoever else she hugged after the win) won't leave her as much as you'd think. You can see why so many top athletes go broke after they retire. |
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Ram: The $2.5 million is a drop in the ocean to what she will earn off the court.
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After shes put sum into Bitcoin
Put the rest in SOFI |
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You're right Ram.
I'd rather stay skint than pay few a flunkies helped me earn $2.5m & pay 45% tax.  |
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*pay a few
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Not sure Ram is familiar with marketing.
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Yeah she will make a fortune from sponsors and adverts, here, in America and in China since she speaks the lingo.
But it was a joke based on her parents being fx (foreign exchange) traders, as had just been reported in this thread. And then I was just struck that everyone (papers etc) is throwing around the £1.8M figure but somewhere down the line she will only get less than half. Lots of sports people end up skint because they take the net figure, start spending, and then don't have enough left for the tax bill. Though if I'd left that out, maybe the joke would have been more obvious. |