| Emma Raducanu. 08:01 - Sep 10 with 21267 views | Snipper |
What a story this is.
She had to go through three qualifying matches to make the main draw, and she’s now in the US Open final without dropping a single set.
Let’s hope she wins it. |  | | |  |
| Emma Raducanu. on 12:32 - Sep 10 with 3322 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Emma Raducanu. on 08:10 - Sep 10 by losethedrum |
Yes quite an achievement , really strikes the ball cleanly & still has potential to improve over the next few years , a bright future indeed . |
Yes, it's the style of play and attitude that really catches the eye. Super confident and rarely flustered. The way she handles the big points belies her years. Very promising future ahead. [Post edited 10 Sep 2021 12:33]
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| Emma Raducanu. on 12:51 - Sep 10 with 3272 views | nix |
| Emma Raducanu. on 09:52 - Sep 10 by daveB |
She has been superb and it's one in the eye for Piers Morgan who stupidly had a pop at her after her Wimbledon exit |
He's now saying he's vindicated because she worked on her mental toughness since. What a tool he is.
Anyway, really well done to Emma. She was a bit of a wunderkind as a junior but had quite a lot of injuries, which is quite common among teens because of the strain it puts on growing joints and muscles. She took time out then to do her A levels and just to grow!
So it's not completely out of the blue. She's been managed superbly. Nigel Sears, Andy Murray's FiL was her coach for a while and he's coached some top women players. She's clearly had some sports psychology and media training since Wimbledon.
Having said that, I don't think anyone would have expected her to reach this level so quickly. It's phenomenal and she deserves every credit. |  | | |
| Emma Raducanu. on 13:54 - Sep 10 with 3151 views | CLAREMAN1995 |
| Emma Raducanu. on 12:32 - Sep 10 by Benny_the_Ball |
Yes, it's the style of play and attitude that really catches the eye. Super confident and rarely flustered. The way she handles the big points belies her years. Very promising future ahead. [Post edited 10 Sep 2021 12:33]
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Just watched the highlights and while she is ia a briliant player its her lovely attitude that you see right away.Fierce determination too but she plays with a freedom and such a joy I hope she can win it all now.
Her opponent is superb too and plays with a very similiar attitude and desire so its going to be a battle of nerves that decides it I believe |  | | |
| Emma Raducanu. on 14:13 - Sep 10 with 3099 views | johnhoop |
Got up to watch it live like several others and Radacanu was incredibly impressive, both in her composure and level of performance.
But because it started so late I also saw a lot of Fernandez v Sabalenka in the previous semi and the level of play produced by these two was scarily good. One thing that looks clear is that if Emma is going to beat Leylah Fernandez she is going to have to raise her game to a yet higher level than even what she has reached so far because Fernandez gives absolutely nothing away and there will almost no freebies from unforced errors in the way she was gifted them by Sakkari. [Post edited 10 Sep 2021 14:22]
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| Emma Raducanu. on 14:22 - Sep 10 with 3051 views | Sonofpugwash |
Comes from Bromley.
Nuff said.
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| Emma Raducanu. on 14:23 - Sep 10 with 3069 views | DavieQPR |
| Emma Raducanu. on 11:25 - Sep 10 by willis1980 |
i hope this isnt aimed at me, being the son of an immigrant and technically one myself I dont hold any views that could be deemed xenophibic etc. |
Then you really should know the meaning of the word 'Irony' |  | | |
| Emma Raducanu. on 14:25 - Sep 10 with 3064 views | horshamHoop |
I have watched and played tennis for years and never known anything like this
Her level has improved so dramatically but most importantly as she says below, she is able to maintain it throughout a match. So often you see lesser ranked players raise their level and take a few games or even a set off of a top player and then fade and lose. Not the case here at all, she is the real deal and tactically very astute as well
This is what she said after the semi final
“I personally think inside I knew I had some sort of level inside of me that was similar to these girls, but I didn’t know if I was able to maintain it over a set or over two sets. To be able to do it and play the best players in the world and beat them, I honestly can’t believe it.”
As for the retirement at Wimbledon, there are a few so called experts and observers with egg on their faces! | | | |
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| Emma Raducanu. on 14:29 - Sep 10 with 3054 views | willis1980 |
| Emma Raducanu. on 14:23 - Sep 10 by DavieQPR |
Then you really should know the meaning of the word 'Irony' |
No, i got that part I just cant figure out how that related to my post. | | | |
| Emma Raducanu. on 14:36 - Sep 10 with 3030 views | bosh67 |
| Emma Raducanu. on 14:25 - Sep 10 by horshamHoop |
I have watched and played tennis for years and never known anything like this
Her level has improved so dramatically but most importantly as she says below, she is able to maintain it throughout a match. So often you see lesser ranked players raise their level and take a few games or even a set off of a top player and then fade and lose. Not the case here at all, she is the real deal and tactically very astute as well
This is what she said after the semi final
“I personally think inside I knew I had some sort of level inside of me that was similar to these girls, but I didn’t know if I was able to maintain it over a set or over two sets. To be able to do it and play the best players in the world and beat them, I honestly can’t believe it.”
As for the retirement at Wimbledon, there are a few so called experts and observers with egg on their faces! |
From the little I know of the Wimbledon retirement she had real issues with dehydration that day with an underline viral issue, non-covid, so there was nothing she could do but retire that day.
I think there was huge expectation she would be this good but not for a few more years. |  |
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| Emma Raducanu. on 14:37 - Sep 10 with 3025 views | Mick_S |
| Emma Raducanu. on 14:36 - Sep 10 by bosh67 |
From the little I know of the Wimbledon retirement she had real issues with dehydration that day with an underline viral issue, non-covid, so there was nothing she could do but retire that day.
I think there was huge expectation she would be this good but not for a few more years. |
It’s ok, Piers has fixed it.  |  |
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| Emma Raducanu. on 14:52 - Sep 10 with 2990 views | derbyhoop |
| Emma Raducanu. on 08:42 - Sep 10 by gazza1 |
Poor post indeed....... |
There may have been a bit of humour there, which you missed completely. |  |
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| Emma Raducanu. on 14:57 - Sep 10 with 2967 views | loftboy |
Very grounded in her interviews as well, actually booked her flight home two weeks ago as she didn’t think she would get this far. Seems a very likeable and talented young lady. |  |
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| Emma Raducanu. on 15:27 - Sep 10 with 2890 views | GloryHunter |
| Emma Raducanu. on 14:52 - Sep 10 by derbyhoop |
There may have been a bit of humour there, which you missed completely. |
If he doesn't get it, don't explain it to him. He just enjoys being angry. |  | | |
| Emma Raducanu. on 15:46 - Sep 10 with 2825 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
| Emma Raducanu. on 14:37 - Sep 10 by Mick_S |
It’s ok, Piers has fixed it. |
All those wasted years of hard graft on the tennis courts of Kent. She only needed a few words from Piers Morgan! |  |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 15:52 - Sep 10 with 2813 views | wortonranger |
| Emma Raducanu. on 09:04 - Sep 10 by HantsR |
If you can't watch it live, Prime have 'replays' that you can watch any time. That's what I did and avoided tv phone and pc so I didn't know the result in advance. |
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| Emma Raducanu. on 21:20 - Sep 10 with 2503 views | GloryHunter |
Wow. That is so weird and aggressive. I wasn't suggesting any posters on here were being racist. My post was a joke at the expense of the anti-immigration lobby in general (and perhaps Priti Patel in particular).
(E17hoop posted a similar thought later on in the thread, but doesn't seem to have been attacked as much as me. Maybe because he spelled out - as if that were needed - that it was irony.) | | | |
| Emma Raducanu. on 21:39 - Sep 10 with 2467 views | distortR |
| Emma Raducanu. on 21:20 - Sep 10 by GloryHunter |
Wow. That is so weird and aggressive. I wasn't suggesting any posters on here were being racist. My post was a joke at the expense of the anti-immigration lobby in general (and perhaps Priti Patel in particular).
(E17hoop posted a similar thought later on in the thread, but doesn't seem to have been attacked as much as me. Maybe because he spelled out - as if that were needed - that it was irony.) |
although I kind of agree with your point, the constant point scoring is interminable. | | | |
| Emma Raducanu. on 22:19 - Sep 11 with 1856 views | Juzzie |
First set to Raducanu 6-4.
So little between them, both phenomenal players.
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| Emma Raducanu. on 22:21 - Sep 11 with 1831 views | Malintabuk |
| Emma Raducanu. on 22:19 - Sep 11 by Juzzie |
First set to Raducanu 6-4.
So little between them, both phenomenal players.
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That was quite a set. Fernández is some fighter. C'mon Emma this is history in the making | | | |
| Emma Raducanu. on 22:22 - Sep 11 with 1822 views | flynnbo |
Outstanding tennis by both players. |  | | |
| Emma Raducanu. on 22:23 - Sep 11 with 1938 views | supahoopsa |
C'MON Emma, this is just BRILLIANT tennis from both girls. WHAT. A.MATCH |  |
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| Emma Raducanu. on 22:45 - Sep 11 with 1844 views | Malintabuk |
With 80% of the crowd rooting for your opponent, out in America without any member of your family.... dropping your serve and then come back to break straight away.... and only 18
What a player | | | |
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