Emma

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

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

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.

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

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

Osaka got beaten by Fernandez.

OK
DIDNT LOOK at fernandez route through
cheers

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

She has even got a mattress named after her now

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.

I think she & everyone with any knowledge about the sport know that.

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.

handtorofe.

There was plenty of power in both their strokes

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 !

tbf she speaks fluent Mandarin which gives her a passport to millions from the the trillions.

facts i know both girls had great powerful ground strokes i was referring to their build especially Leyla

@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

handtorofe.



ok

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/

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.

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

Maybe you should alert social services.

Could have gone via Canada

Yes, and they would've had to stay in Canada for 14 days before travelling to New York.

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.

How do the jockeys get exemptions? Elite sportsmen?

I see her father is a fx currency trader
Probably got an account on BF

What about her grandfather or maybe her uncle. I think we need to be told.

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.

Just read the DMAIL saying the mother is also a trader
REALLY
Cor blimely

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.

Ram: The $2.5 million is a drop in the ocean to what she will earn off the court.

After shes put sum into Bitcoin
Put the rest in
SOFI

You're right Ram.
I'd rather stay skint than pay few a flunkies helped me earn $2.5m & pay 45% tax.

*pay a few

Not sure Ram is familiar with marketing.

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.

Yeah, must be terrible she'll only end up with half.

Should've stayed at home & played on Betfair instead - far more lucrative & sensible.

wesdag she would not be allowed to play on betfair properly she is under 25 so she would have a 500 a month affordability limit applied

Blocked in Canada anyway.

We know ER speaks English, Canadian and Chinese. Can she speak Romanian?

Canadian Cheese Wiz

I would guess she can speak romanian as her dad does. That adds £2.49 to her marketability

Her LBD will be
CHANEL
no 5

From the Telegraph's report of the Tiffany deal:-

Raducanu’s only two existing endorsement deals are with sporting brands and are set to be eclipsed, quickly. Raducanu is signed to one-year rolling contracts with Nike and racket supplier Wilson, worth “only” £100,000-a-year when combined. After the status elevation from Tiffany & Co., these are expected to swiftly be replaced by rival brands or renewed for at least 10 times their previous value.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/girl-diamond-earrings-emma-raducanus-deal-tiffany-means/

As an aside, it looks like the battle for raquet vs racket has been lost.

Could be a pin up girl for BC Hydro or Tim Horton coffee shops....

Oh do keep up. Emma beat the Canadian who lives in Florida in the final. Of course, now it turns out Emma's Chinese.

Emma OCD case.

Molson.

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.

There could be a variety of reasons why the parents were a no show. One thing is probably true - that those parents who don't molycuddle and reward their kids too easily, generally instil a determination in their offspring to do better. Whether this helps them become settled, rounded people in later life, is open to question. Having said that, ER seemed like a very sweet, happy little 11 year old when interviewed as an u12 UK national finalist.

Agassi hated the game as a kid but did it cos his dad pushed him and was determined to live up to expectations. Roddick's dad was a disciplinarian of military standard. ER has that steeliness that is very rare. She talks about executing and understands that winning is a mentality - she has self belief in abundance and thrives under pressure (despite her wobble at Wimbledon). We haven't see the likes of her in the woman's game in most of our lifetimes. Anyone who thinks she is a flash in the pan, like a lot of the others we've had in GB, is mistaken. She really is that good and the level of the final was very high... not to drop a set in qualifying or in the main draw is good going. The main danger to her is embracing the celebrity lifestyle.

She might not fulfil her potential immediately. Sampras won very little for a while after winning the US open at 19 and she'll have a target on her back. But she'll follow in the footsteps of Seles and Hingis as young slam champions. Little doubt for me.

Sacked her coach apparently.

She changes coaches more often than she changes socks. The guy who has just been sacked replaced the coach she had at Wimbledon. Nothing to see here.

Aiui, she hires a coach based on what specific part of her game she feels needs improvement, then moves on to the next one. The danger is, I suppose, that the very top coaches might prefer something more permanent.

Who is making these decisions for her, a manager, LTA or her parents?

"Sacked her coach" is a bit harsh - Andy Richardson was only ever there on a week to week type basis and was essentially just a "chaperone" and friendly face from her past while she was in the States. Pretty sure they would also have ended that temporary arrangement if she had lost in the first round of qualifying.

Becoming a real 'one hit wonder', she needs to get on

Strictly Come Mincing
I'm A Celeb
Mincing On Ice  etc

Earn a few quid, raise her profile then retire due to her mental health.

there's not much time from national heroine to national embarrassment.

Another dreadful defeat, give it up love you've had your 10 mins of fame. Blame it on stress or even better on Covid.

Bloody Mapleleaf

A couple of decent wins albeit against a couple of has-beens. She is coming on a treat 

As long as she enjoys the journey, the ups and the downs.
I think we can say she won't have any utility-bill worries.

"For me, the most exciting thing is trying to do well at each of the different tournaments," said Raducanu. "It sounds weird, but [although] it would have been great to defend the title, I kind of want new experiences." Translated: I fluked that tourney win and now I hope I fly under the radar long enough for me to fluke another.

One hit wonder and worth 15 big ones ff’s you couldn’t make it up

How has the girl she beat in the final, Fernandes/Hernandes done in the last year?

Were all the top players missing last year for these two to get to the final?

Fernandez was unseeded last year but now ranked 13 in the world.

Raducanu had to win 7 matches to win the trophy last year and was a qualifier herself.

She beat 5 x unseeded players , one ranked 11 and one ranked 17 to lift trophy.

Basically the draw just fell apart for one reason or another.

Thank you Hayden.

Desperate "British" media too busy gushing over their newly found adopted treasure to see the win for what it was.

Sorry should have added , as a response to Lovegod's question..

Fernandez had a totally different path to the final beating Osaka ( 3 ) , Kerber ( 16), Svitolina ( 5 ) and Sabalenka ( 2 )

In the top half as soon as Barty , Pliskova , Kvitova , Swiatek and Andreescu flopped before the 1/4 final you were left with no slam pedigree in that half and the draw became extremely lop sided.

She'll probably retire in a year or two and join the BBC commentary team.

Financially secure already earning £17.9 million in the past 12 months.

As for joining that channel they don't really cover any live sport so it'd be like a Father Christmas role of 2 weeks work and 48 weeks holiday a year.

Nice gig if you can get it.

At licence payers expense, thanks for all the info.

I play Tennis a couple of times a week and i would destroy Emma.

I stopped watching SPOTY fully many years ago (can't stand the pompous rubbish of the presentation).

But, it's become even more disgusting when proper sports people are often mostly ignored in the voting/presentation (e.g. Alun Wynn Jones failing to even place top 3), while the awards now faun over sub groups such as females in short term success and against weaker competition in their sports. This will be reflected again with oozing fauning over the women's football team this year...(vomit).

Yeah, the cards kind of fell nicely for her, but she's in the record books now (like Foinavon) and they can't take that away from her. Looking forward to the next qualifier that wins a Grand Slam.

Hero to zero in the wink of an eye,but enough sponsorships to last a lifetime

Sponsors looking for get out clauses as we speak.

Fair play to her of course - who wouldn't have taken her flash in the pan success and money.

But the reifying of it (much like the women's footy) is vomit making.

Remember watching SPOTY the year Red Rum appeared when i was very young , was so embarrassed.....

Not watched it since.

You poor soul Hayden.

You poor soul Hayden.

Correct tattcorner , wasn't trying to denigrate her achievement just quoting some factual things relevant to her journey.

I'm probably biased towards Emma as I had £100 e/w 1-2-3 at 4/1 with Hills for SPOTY.... a rash bet for me and haven't had a tennis bet since

In betting terms she was great bet for SPOTY - no way the PC beeb were going to let her not win it!

New rankings out today , Raducanu now ranked 83rd in the world.

Can't wait to see her having a shower on I'm A Celeb

different gravy .....honestly, just dragged  the tone of this thread to the gutter  . having said that , give us a shout when its on .

Pulled out of another comp thru injury!!!! I honestly think she now has more money then she could have ever dreamed of, and thinks fcuk it I can't be àrsed!

gravy ... i think you are miles off the mark. she could have taken on more £££ stuff ages ago . and retired ... i've watched a fair bit of women's tennis for a few years . unless you are in the top 100 its a slog and half . but even some of the top players get emotional . they are players . its their life .

Emma's body must be made of glass. Last year she was forced to pull out of various tournaments with injuries to her hip, back (twice), abdomen, glutes and wrist. And when she can play, she can't grip the bloody racket because her hands are covered in blisters.

A couple of days into 2023, it's her ankle.

Maybe it is the opposite problem from not being arsed, and Emma needs to take time to recover fully so that she does not stress one part of her body while guarding whichever part she injured last time.

Think your're right Ram. Most unusual for someone her age to suffer so many injuries.

She couldn't possibly have achieved what she has without being very fit so I wonder if her training is

sport-specific enough.

As for the ankle there's hardly a tennis player in history who hasn't sprained or strained an ankle at some

time (apart from Djokovic who has ankles made of rubber!).

Hype,one hit wonder…imo

Looking fit today but getting thrashed. I feel another injury coming on half way through the second set!

Or can Emma stage an Andy Murray-like comeback?

Apparently not.

like Murray I think it will take a while for Radacanu to strengthen and grow into her frame.
One hit wonder? I think not

You make a good point werbie. I would add, not only physically but mentally. That's not a criticism of her

just that it takes a lot of experience to handle the pressures she's under.

Just split from her 5th coach in 2 years, me thinks the girl has issues!


A strong wrist and good hand/eye co-ordination is needed.......and that's just to watch her play.