Emma Raducanu

[goats]

Re: Emma Raducanu

Do you mean only 1 grass court?

No I mean an indoor court, the only one I knew of was at Sophia gardens, jubilee hall or whatever. I had coaching there on a Friday back in the day.

[goats]

Re: Emma Raducanu

Do you mean only 1 grass court?

There was plenty of grass and outdoor courts, it’s a bit brutal in the wind and rain in the winter months…..

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Emma Raducanu

Sakkari, if I recall rightly, had Raducanu in trouble early on and had 7 break points in the early service games. Once Raducanu had her measure however, there was really only one player in it until the last few games. I am glad Sakkari did have revival because it gave Raducanu the chance to show that even when things start to go the other players way she can cope with it.

Of course, she was helped by the fact that Sakkari made a lot of unforced errors, as did her previous three opponents. But as one of the experts said last night, a lot of these errors have been because she puts their whole game under stress with the way she pressurises them. People are already saying that she is the best returner of serve at the top level!

Greg Rusedski said he had never seen anyone like her, with the possible exception of Rafael Nadal. Annabel Croft agreed with him.

Like me. you are a keen cricket follower and no doubt have heard commentators say that great players have so much time to play the ball or that their test match averages are often better than their county averages.

Raducanu seems to have time and seems (according to Martins Navratilova) to anticipate where to position herself on the court.

In her last tournament before the US Open she lost in three sets in the final to the then world no 78 and beat the world number 100 in three sets in the semi final, in the two matches she lost 27 games

In her last four matches in the US Open she has beaten(thrashed??) the numbers 41,43 ,12 and 18 in the world and lost a total of
16 games! In fact she is now higher in the rankings than the first two of those.

It would have nice if she had had some tougher games like her opponent Leylah Fernandez has. But you can only beat what is in front of you

I think the thing which says so much is that old professionals, who could become cynical and a bit negative about the game they once played, are so amazed at how she is playing - I saw those interviews with Greg Rusedski and Annabel Croft and the former, who had been tipping her to lose before previous matches apparently, was plain gobsmacked about her.

Good point as well about how she is causing her opponents to look so ordinary.

[The Bloop]

Re: Emma Raducanu

I think the thing which says so much is that old professionals, who could become cynical and a bit negative about the game they once played, are so amazed at how she is playing - I saw those interviews with Greg Rusedski and Annabel Croft and the former, who had been tipping her to lose before previous matches apparently, was plain gobsmacked about her.

Good point as well about how she is causing her opponents to look so ordinary.

It's not only her ability to hit the ball so hard and so accurately that is astounding, it's the maturity she has to know when to play a point winning shot that seems so incredibly natural. Maturity beyond her years.

Years ago I remember watching TransWorld Sport early one Saturday morning on Channel 4. There was a feature on a young 16 year old Spanish tennis player, who apparently was going to take clay court tennis to a whole new level. His name was Rafa Nadal.

[JamesWales]

Re: Emma Raducanu

I hope the crowd at Arthur Ashe stadium chant 'Emma, Emma Radu...Emma RaduCANU' to the tune of Hal Robson-Kanu

[life on mars]

Re: Emma Raducanu

She has a great chance of winning as her opponent is a newbie .

Emma is the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam final , her opponent is Canadian perhaps New Yorkers will be more behind Emma

[life on mars]

Re: Emma Raducanu

I hope the crowd at Arthur Ashe stadium chant 'Emma, Emma Radu...Emma RaduCANU' to the tune of Hal Robson-Kanu

And that song sung for the best Welsh International defender Ashley Williams

[dembethewarrior]

Re: Emma Raducanu

It was simply a Joke with Goats, which I thought he might find slightly humorous as myself and Goats are a similar age and as kids tennis certainly wasn't for the working class

The time difference between posts was due to me working till 10.30 and not being sat online

Yes I know Tennis is open to all these days, both my Girls occasionally play at our local court

I hope that clears up your misunderstanding of my post

A quid a week in the 80s I've read on here. How very middle class.

[Elwood Blues]

Re: Emma Raducanu

It's not only her ability to hit the ball so hard and so accurately that is astounding, it's the maturity she has to know when to play a point winning shot that seems so incredibly natural. Maturity beyond her years.

Years ago I remember watching TransWorld Sport early one Saturday morning on Channel 4. There was a feature on a young 16 year old Spanish tennis player, who apparently was going to take clay court tennis to a whole new level. His name was Rafa Nadal.

Yes as I said Greg Rusedski compared her to Nadal.

The other thing mentioned by many of the pundits is how strong her all round game is.

Last night she showed she has a good serve, exceptional return of serve, good forehand and backhand, good volleying and , particularly in one game near the end a good lob, She also won a point with a good sliced return at one stage and I think it was Martina who said she should use the slice more because she played it well.

[lardy]

Re: Emma Raducanu

A quid a week in the 80s I've read on here. How very middle class.

And it turns out goats not only played tennis but had a coach

[goats]

Re: Emma Raducanu

And it turns out goats not only played tennis but had a coach

I got free coaching, me and 9 others in cardiff county….we were special you see….

[goats]

Re: Emma Raducanu

And it turns out goats not only played tennis but had a coach

You could call my dad a coach I guess

[dembethewarrior]

Re: Emma Raducanu

You could call my dad a coach I guess

I got free coaching, me and 9 others in cardiff county….we were special you see….

Imagine your old man charging you 😳

[goats]

Re: Emma Raducanu

Imagine your old man charging you ��

Exactly….it was taxing in many other ways mind

[blue matt]

Re: Emma Raducanu

A quid a week in the 80s I've read on here. How very middle class.

that was 1 weeks petrol money for the car back then, though by the sound of it, maybe Goats had a chauffeur back then ? ? ?