Emma Raducanu

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The huge sponsorship deals appeared almost immediately, and every top brand wanted a piece of the action. Then she went through coaches at an alarming rate, which was probably not the best approach. I think her parents were heavily involved too, which only added to the drama. Have I missed anything (besides the money)?

I wouldn't know. It's not something i've kept my eye on really. I just remember her being the next best thing and the hype amounted to nothing.

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I wouldn't know. It's not something i've kept my eye on really. I just remember her being the next best thing and the hype amounted to nothing.

I wouldn't say amounted to nothing - she's in the top 25 in the world rankings.
that's still very impressive for any sport

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I wouldn't say amounted to nothing - she's in the top 25 in the world rankings.
that's still very impressive for any sport

It’s still a plummet from winning the us open….she was down to about 75 recently. Probably the equivalent of of going from top 4 PL to league 1

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This thread always reminds me of this meme

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It’s still a plummet from winning the us open….she was down to about 75 recently. Probably the equivalent of of going from top 4 PL to league 1

I think the rankings points only last 1 year (or possibly 2?) so she's got there on her current performance, the US open win doesn't count any more.

It's pretty rare to see a UK player ranked that highly as far as I know (not really a tennis fan)

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I think the rankings points only last 1 year (or possibly 2?) so she's got there on her current performance, the US open win doesn't count any more.

It's pretty rare to see a UK player ranked that highly as far as I know (not really a tennis fan)

It is when we come to the ladies, currently have Draper (12) and Norrie (28) which is pretty good for the uk. Then you have local boy James Story who is about 450 in the world, if you ever saw him play you would wonder how anyone could beat him……
If ER can find a decent coach that can handle her, she will get back up there. She doesn’t appear to have the raw power she had when she won the us open 5 years ago….

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It is when we come to the ladies, currently have Draper (12) and Norrie (28) which is pretty good for the uk. Then you have local boy James Story who is about 450 in the world, if you ever saw him play you would wonder how anyone could beat him……
If ER can find a decent coach that can handle her, she will get back up there. She doesn’t appear to have the raw power she had when she won the us open 5 years ago….

Ah, besides the parental interference and a strong focus on acquiring sponsorship money, there is also this little elephant in the room - Emma Raducanu has had a total of nine coaches during her short professional tennis career!

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Ah, besides the parental interference and a strong focus on acquiring sponsorship money, there is also this little elephant in the room - Emma Raducanu has had a total of nine coaches during her short professional tennis career!

I know…I think her heads gone now, she might never get it back. Who would actually want to be her next coach? The last one has coached Nadal for years so you’d think he’d know a bit eh

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Find Radacanu quite interesting. She clearly has the inbuilt talent. I think she has spent the last 5 years - injuries aside - striving for a way to get back to the level she believes she can get to. After all she got there in 2021. And the more she has struggled - form, style, fitness etc - the harder she has strived, the more frustrated she has become and the more irrational some of her decisions would appear to be. She also seems to be a player who only can (or wants to) play at peak fitness. Doesn’t seem to be able to carry an injury or illness. Watching her play though I still think her game is in there, you see it every now and then, but she is so inconsistent. Good luck to her.

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I know…I think her heads gone now, she might never get it back. Who would actually want to be her next coach? The last one has coached Nadal for years so you’d think he’d know a bit eh

Coach No.1 lasted 3 months.

Andrew Richardson (coach No.2), lasted from July 2021 to shortly after September 2021 (about 2–3 months). He coached her to the 2021 US Open title as a qualifier and they parted ways soon after the win. The reason being Raducanu sought a coach with more elite-level experience.

It was all downhill after that.

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Coach No.1 lasted 3 months.

Andrew Richardson (coach No.2), lasted from July 2021 to shortly after September 2021 (about 2–3 months). He coached her to the 2021 US Open title as a qualifier and they parted ways soon after the win. The reason being Raducanu sought a coach with more elite-level experience.

It was all downhill after that.

it#s not been all downhill though has it, as she's currently 25 in the world,

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it#s not been all downhill though has it, as she's currently 25 in the world,

It's the equivalent of Messi winning the Champions League and Ballon d'Or in his first season of professional football, and then spending the rest of his career playing lower league football with Cardiff City

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It's the equivalent of Messi winning the Champions League and Ballon d'Or in his first season of professional football, and then spending the rest of his career playing lower league football with Cardiff City

not really

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not really

She's a 2R/3R player, nowhere near the Top 16.

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Isn't the ladies slams historically pretty open ? As in each tournament could be won by any of the top 30 especially. Obviously the top top players will win more but the ladies game seems to throw up more unlikely winners than the men.

Whilst her winning as a qualifier was extremely unusual, if we say she is a top 30 type player then maybe she has actually outperformed her talent so far and was never supposed to be a dominant force.