Emma Raducanu

[the other bob wilson]

There was too much good sport on yesterday for me to see her game, but I watched her second round match against an experienced Chinese player (Xheng?) and she was far more impressive than in my one previous viewing - her frenetic, manic loss at Wimbledon a few months ago when the whole occasions seemed to get to her.

Raducanu was comfortably beating Xheng for a set and a half, but then her opponent fought back from 4-0 down to 4-3 and things began to look a bit dodgy. However, Radacanu then won her next two service games without missing a first serve, it was nerveless stuff and very impressive - I think she's a possible future winner of at least one Grand Slam title.

[Elwood Blues]

There was too much good sport on yesterday for me to see her game, but I watched her second round match against an experienced Chinese player (Xheng?) and she was far more impressive than in my one previous viewing - her frenetic, manic loss at Wimbledon a few months ago when the whole occasions seemed to get to her.

Raducanu was comfortably beating Xheng for a set and a half, but then her opponent fought back from 4-0 down to 4-3 and things began to look a bit dodgy. However, Radacanu then won her next two service games without missing a first serve, it was nerveless stuff and very impressive - I think she's a possible future winner of at least one Grand Slam title.

If you think that was impressive you should have seen her yesterday. Comfortable is not the word. Imposing or masterful is a better one. I have rarely seen a female player hit the ball so consistently hard. Sara Tormo didn't know if she was coming or going and was reduced to just shaking her head in disbelief.

Someone forecast that Raducanu will soon be the best returner of serve in the women's game. I can quite believe it after watching that performance.

[Elwood Blues]

I turned on the tennis to see Raducanu 0-2 and 0-40 down in the first set.

She won the first set 6-2 and is now 5-0 up in the second.

Martina Navratilova seems impressed. She just said when you see someone special like a Nadal, Djokovic or Hingis you know it Seems to think Raducanu is special.


Very early days but she does seem to have something.

[Elwood Blues]

6-2 6-1

[Rjk]

I turned on the tennis to see Raducanu 0-2 and 0-40 down in the first set.

She won the first set 6-2 and is now 5-0 up in the second.

Martina Navratilova seems impressed. She just said when you see someone special like a Nadal, Djokovic or Hingis you know it Seems to think Raducanu is special.


Very early days but she does seem to have something.

with that win she's British number 1.
ranked 350 odd in the world 6 months ago, now 72.

[Elwood Blues]

with that win she's British number 1.
ranked 350 odd in the world 6 months ago, now 72.

She will be British number 1 for a long, ong time on the strength of the last two performances
If she continues to make this sort of progress she will be world number 1 before long.

This is the sort of 18 year old other countries have

[Des Parrot]

That’s impressive, bright future ahead.

[Trigger]

Difficult to say how much further she can go this year but her potential is phenomenal given the two runs she has had in her first two slams.

This one now into the 3rd week given she had to qualify first.

It's impressive.

The way women's tennis seems to work, if she can be in and around the top 20 then you have a decent chance of doing something at the slams, particularly with Serena missing more.

I'm assuming the men's game would be fairly similar if we didn't have the absolute dominance from 3 players over the last 10 years or so.

[Rjk]

she's still very new, I guess sooner or later people will work out more effective ways to play against her, the. it's whether she can adapt her game to counteract that.
exciting times though, up against the Olympics gold medal winner next

[Bald Barry Bastad]

I think we need to move on from truly 'Welsh' or truly 'British' type discussions.

If she qualifies for Britain and feels like committing to Britain, then let he play.

Wales have benefitted from people in Britain who could have qualified for the home nations and picked us.

My kids qualify for Uganda and Wales (and England) - my son would choose Uganda and my girls Wales. Families are moving around more nowadays and marriages and heritages of people more and more mixed. Where someone belongs is becoming less about where that person was born. My youngest daughter was born in Cardiff but lived there for only 18 months - and yet at 14 she feels more of a connection to Cardiff than the other two.

While of course someone can't pick a random country because they played Risk or watched a youtube video, but let's give people more freedom to choose and as long as they can demonstrate a connection to the country, let them get on with it.

As for Emma, she's brilliant. Really great technique and quick around the court.

We've had this conversation before and rightly so with the likes of Rudeski and Konta but this girl has been living in the UK since the age of 2. What nationality would anyone expect her to feel other than British?

[life on mars]

Clever girl got a few, A+ A levels as well , one being maths , born in Canada to Chinese mum and Romanian dad , who are economists I think ,they must be very proud , she is only 18

[the other bob wilson]

Just taken the first set in her Quarter Final.

[Elwood Blues]

Just taken the first set in her Quarter Final.

from 0-2 and 1-3 down as well

[Elwood Blues]

6-3 6-4

[MacAdder]

Straight sets win. Fantastic!

[the other bob wilson]

First ever qualifier to reach a Semi Final.

She’s sounding pretty overwhelmed in her post match interview, but, on court, she’s 18 going on 30 - Mary Joe Fernandez said it was the performance of the tournament so far.

[rich munn]

First ever qualifier to reach a Semi Final.

She’s sounding pretty overwhelmed in her post match interview, but, on court, she’s 18 going on 30 - Mary Joe Fernandez said it was the performance of the tournament so far.

This girl featured on the cover of Vogue this week.

That must have been prepared some time ago

If that hasn't turned her head, she is a very composed young lady!

I hope she goes on and wins the tournament but in any event she has a great future.

[Vindec]

First ever qualifier to reach a Semi Final.

She’s sounding pretty overwhelmed in her post match interview, but, on court, she’s 18 going on 30 - Mary Joe Fernandez said it was the performance of the tournament so far.

Martina Navratalova was raving about her yesterday.

[goats]

She’s looking good semi final us open

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Superb performance again.

[Shrewsbury Blue]

With Barty Osaka and Williams out she could actually win it.

[life on mars]

Wow so close to a very big prize

[Rjk]

Wow so close to a very big prize

she's already earned €675000, which will double if she wins her next match, and double again if she wins the final

[Rjk]

she's already earned €675000, which will double if she wins her next match, and double again if she wins the final

amazing to think that in terms of career earnings she's probably earned a similar amount in 9 months this year as I have in 20 years.
by next week she will possibly have earned more than I will in my entire working life.

can she create a pivot table on excel as well as me though?
probably yes.

[goats]

amazing to think that in terms of career earnings she's probably earned a similar amount in 9 months this year as I have in 20 years.
by next week she will possibly have earned more than I will in my entire working life.

can she create a pivot table on excel as well as me though?
probably yes.

Yep my two boys are playing twice a week now…bollocks to football next to no chance of making it