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Tennis Talk 2026: Vol 17 ('s-Hertogenbosch, Queens, Stuttgart)
Tennis Talk 2026: Vol 17 ('s-Hertogenbosch, Queens, Stuttgart)
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if this was at some random tournament in turkey or something I would be more concerned
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really should be a free win for iva against whoever wins this emma-rakhimova mugfest
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Shaking her head and pointing at her leg. Not a good sign.
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getting rid of the strapping now. Sometimes that is the problem.
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my opinion is she wins here, then gets owned by Iva, maybe even taps in that match.
But hard to tell what she will do here. She's not a fighter, it's close to Wimbledon. But it is a home tournament and she might want to impress her coach by fighting on. |
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hopefully Rakhi's annoying noises will motivate Emma to carry on and shut her up.
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Haha Emma did one of her own.
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Doesn't sound like someone who is thinking of tapping.
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Zverev really is correct. Most players are dumb. I can understand being feisty is part of Rakhi's personality and game, but sometimes it's better to just take it down a notch instead of motivating a player who is sulking.
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whoever can shout c'mon louder is gonna win
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Market not having Emma for that match
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1.28 Jovic SP
1.6 Emma 4-1* 1st Set  |
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Same price after the set having gone 2.3
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Iva's trainer visit spooked the market.
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1.04 Prizmic up in smoke
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Market went way too pro Jovic at the start then did the same for Emma during the taping, and is now being more sensible.
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yup
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still learning about trainer visits 26 years after this exchange was launched.
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yup. you sense they never will. interestingly Polymarket still don't have Jovic up on there womens outright for wimbledon.
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They're probably like BF and only add these things on request.
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1.28 £4,549.34
1.29 £20,821.21 1.3 £9,908.54 Jovic SP got a good tonking ! |
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This is by far the best Emma has played in a long time, maybe not beating the very best, but had chances to self destruct, with the slip ad playing 2 games in a day,Vrkic will be hard to beat tomorrow but if Emma plays like today she would have a chance.
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My Pre-season prediction was for her to reach the final at Wimbledon.
Draw is everything though so it's not really a value pick considering even if seeded, might still have to play top 8 player early on. I thought she would have had better season up until now, there was the Romanian run to the final but not enough to make top 16 for good seeding overall. Being KO'd at the two previous slams by Sierra and Potapova didn't help, but then again even if she had beaten Pottypova, she'd have faced Sabalenka again in round 3. Last year she was only knocked out of all 4 slams by the 3 best players in the world, Iga twice, Saba and Ryba. Think she will beat Donna Kebab, Donna does not like it at all when she's up against the crowd, she's a real confidence player. |
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That's an impressive prediction Mes, my personal prediction was that she should go back to her original coach, silly mistake getting rid after her US open victory, inregard to this season she did well to get to that final and to be fair to her she has had a pretty bad virus lately, which makes todays performances look even better, not sure how her body will cope tomorrow, but would love to see her win on home turf, despite all her injuries and illness, the people who say she's rubbish have no idea, she is a very, very good tennis player, I think if she keeps to this sort of form over the next couple of years she could make top 10 and who knows maybe even win Wimbledon.
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She said recently she got rid of so many coaches because they would tell her what to do without telling her why she was doing it, that was the same with Murray, always said he needed to know why he was doing something rather than just doing it blindly. She has a natural, high-energy, ultra aggressive style and always needs to play that way, it suits fast surfaces as well. Jovic was having her serves blasted straight back at her and she couldn't handle it. Either way should should be going into SW19 in a good headspace which has barely happened in recent years. She also seems to elevate her game in front of the home crowd.
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get real mes. all those coaches.. how many were there and every single one told her what to do without explaining. no chance. she doesnt like being told what to do and is high maintenance because shes got ideas way above her station because of the us open win. what shes been doing is harvesting as much coaching knowledge as possible and how do you do that.. by having a conveyor belt of coaches. if you cant tell shes up herself just by how she interviews then theres something wrong. theres no humility there at all
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even if all of those coaches were dictatorial you really think she didnt know that before hiring them. of course she did. the tennis world is a small world and the way individual coaches work will be known by the players just from talking to each other
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she knew what she was getting with every single coach she hired. of course she did.
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With 1 single trophy in her trophy cabinet after several years on tour, it's hard to believe that a player could be up themselves, she hasn't got the silverware to possibly have an ego on court.
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that may be, but she does. what a load of bs by the way, the idea she knows more than all those coaches do. thats half the problem. as if you question a former coach of nadal thats ridiculous. he will have forgotten more about tennis than raducanu will ever have known. no issue with her going back with richardson she should never have split with him. but even that tells a story
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oh and when that one trophy is the biggest one of all, of course you can end up up yourself.
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The problem with that US Open win was a lot of the hardcore fans point to the fact she didn't beat any top ranked players and had Leyla knocking them out instead who was spent by the time the final came, still you have to cross the line. Saba, Ryba, Iga, these multi slam winners would have the right to be full of themselves but most people class Raducanu as a one slam wonder. She has the capability however imo to reach those heights again, she has the game. Will never be 9-10 slam sort of winner, but 3-4 is possible.
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cant argue with that and may well have won another one by now if she hadnt mucked around with all the coaches. when she plays first strike tennis on any fast court she can beat anyone and that means another us open win is possible, plus wimbledon and aus
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Surprised no comments on the final here, was a reasonable game I though, first set a disaster for Emma, but came back and fought well in the second, shade dissapointed she couldn't beat Vekic, who isn't really anything more than a good grass court player, but i'm sure if Emma would have been told she would reach the final this week beforehand she would have bitten your hand off, seemed a bit unhappy with the coach in the first set, not sure how long he will last to be honest, but hopefully she will kick on again from here and have a very good wimbledon, but would need a lot of luck to get to the final I think.
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most of us are burned out from watching the World Cup. Yeah it was a good final.
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I'm not sure she is physically strong enough against these really strong girls or mentally strong enough. I suspect is loads and loads of self - doubt stacked up since the big win. I cannot see her getting close to another major championship might look good early rounds then gets found out. Throw in injuries she has had her day today was like men v boys bish bosh bashy.
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Agree about her strngth, she could do with some time in the gym, she was hitting the ball pretty hard today though, if she can keep healthy and do very well at Wimbledon, it would be nice.
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wasn't able to tune in til she was 5-2 up in the second set, then she instantly began losing, I saw Vekic an laughing with the umpire at one point over something said, but didn't hear, neither did Annabel.
Again it's all about the draw, if she keeps getting these nightmare draws like she has last year then it's hard to build momentum and belief, one thing is for sure even if she lost today, the home crowd really helps her. |
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She should however have made a better fist of the draws this year, lost to Sierra and Potapova.
She has to do something this year otherwise she'd have run out of excuses, 5 years on tour, plenty of wildcards, plenty of coaches, plenty of chances. |