Emma Raducanu

[The Bloop]

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.

[Elwood Blues]

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.