Wimbledon New Star

[MacAdder]

18 year old Emma Raducanu.

Total prize money before the tournament 37K.
Now gets a minimum 115K as she just beat Czech girl in straight sets to reach the third round.

With the Williams sisters seemingly now finished are they any women about to dominate as much as they (well Serena) have?

Wimbledon champion in 5 years, you heard it here first :thumbup:

[Bald Barry Bastad]

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Coco guff

[xsnaggle]

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Not bad earnings for an 18 year old.
Good luck to her.

[Michael Morris]

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Superb win for her today. Into the 4th rd now.

[MacAdder]

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Superb win for her today. Into the 4th rd now.

Wasn't it just, only sorry I'm not a betting man!

[OurManFlint II]

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What bit of her is British, I read something that was headlined "British Tennis something or other" but this was in the article..'18-year-old, born in Canada to a Chinese mother and Romanian father'...
Good luck to her, feel sorry for her if she is British as she'll soon be sucked in, chewed up and spat out.

[Hilts]

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What bit of her is British, I read something that was headlined "British Tennis something or other" but this was in the article..'18-year-old, born in Canada to a Chinese mother and Romanian father'...
Good luck to her, feel sorry for her if she is British as she'll soon be sucked in, chewed up and spat out.

Family moved to the Uk when she was 2.

[Trigger]

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Family moved to the Uk when she was 2.

Yep, feel it's quite possible to feel British if Britain is all you have ever known.

To be fair to her she seemed to embrace the support and enjoy it. Great to see someone just enjoying themselves, was no negativity about her.

[dml1954]

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What bit of her is British, I read something that was headlined "British Tennis something or other" but this was in the article..'18-year-old, born in Canada to a Chinese mother and Romanian father'...
Good luck to her, feel sorry for her if she is British as she'll soon be sucked in, chewed up and spat out.

What nationality do you think she is then - Canadian, Chinese, Romanian or British, where she has spent the last 16 years of her life, been educated and brought up with British values, speaks the language perfectly and obviously feels British. She has the perfect right to choose her nationality out of that lot and thats good enough for me and most rational thinking people in this country.

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Yep, feel it's quite possible to feel British if Britain is all you have ever known.

To be fair to her she seemed to embrace the support and enjoy it. Great to see someone just enjoying themselves, was no negativity about her.

But also important to recognise those Romanian and Chinese routes might be important to her as well?

Chris Froome is African and also British (or vice-versa) and I don't think being aware of that diminishes how British he is. Isn't that the story of modern-day Britain?

[Trigger]

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But also important to recognise those Romanian and Chinese routes might be important to her as well?

Chris Froome is African and also British (or vice-versa) and I don't think being aware of that diminishes how British he is. Isn't that the story of modern-day Britain?

Of course, wouldn't think otherwise.

I'm sure her family will have exposed her to their own values and traditions.

[OurManFlint II]

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Family moved to the Uk when she was 2.

Fair enough, it had mentioned her a-levels just wasn't sure if she'd moved to train here or living naturally.

[Bald Barry Bastad]

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Raducano is British. Froome is a fraud.. Nothing British about him.

[Michael Morris]

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Raducano is playing at the moment.

[MacAdder]

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Had 3 or 4 break points in the 9th game at 4-4 but couldn't take them and ultimately lost her serve having looked pretty comfortable.

Played really well against a much higher ranked and more experienced opponent.

Having been broken in the second set, currently taking a medical time out but she looks in trouble.

If she goes out now there will be no shame.

Definitely one for the future.