Oh dear. I wonder why such a turnaround in form. Appreciate a lot has been going on in her life and there have had to be a lot of changes but her form has taken such a massive nose dive
Oh dear. I wonder why such a turnaround in form. Appreciate a lot has been going on in her life and there have had to be a lot of changes but her form has taken such a massive nose dive
Hitherto she has played with freedom and self belief. Now she has the weight of expectation and her opponents see her as a scalp worth taking
She did well at Wimbledon and won the US Open but her form apart from that in other tournaments has been poor. Expectations are far too high at present.
Raducanu is refreshingly honest about where she is and in admitting that very thing she is mature far beyond her age. She hasn't played for ages and has just had Covid. But we cannot expect her to get any consistency until she fully understands her own game and that might take a few years.
She's hardly played any tennis at the top level and won a Grand Slam because of her talent, the exuberance of youth and because all the stars happened to align at the same time. I would liken that performance to Zak Crawley's 267 for England - everything he did there was probably on instinct but his subsequent performances lead me to believe that he didn't actually understand how he got there. His last innings was the first time since that he actually looked in command and an imposing opening Test batsman.
I still hope that Raducanu wins the Australian Open but I certainly wouldn't be backing her to do so. Ultimately though, she will be one hell of a player.
Raducanu is refreshingly honest about where she is and in admitting that very thing she is mature far beyond her age. She hasn't played for ages and has just had Covid. But we cannot expect her to get any consistency until she fully understands her own game and that might take a few years.
She's hardly played any tennis at the top level and won a Grand Slam because of her talent, the exuberance of youth and because all the stars happened to align at the same time. I would liken that performance to Zak Crawley's 267 for England - everything he did there was probably on instinct but his subsequent performances lead me to believe that he didn't actually understand how he got there. His last innings was the first time since that he actually looked in command and an imposing opening Test batsman.
I still hope that Raducanu wins the Australian Open but I certainly wouldn't be backing her to do so. Ultimately though, she will be one hell of a player.
She needs a full year on the tour before we can start getting a real idea of where she ranks. The random results on the women's tour reflect how inconsistent the players are compared to the men's tour.
Raducanu is refreshingly honest about where she is and in admitting that very thing she is mature far beyond her age. She hasn't played for ages and has just had Covid. But we cannot expect her to get any consistency until she fully understands her own game and that might take a few years.
She's hardly played any tennis at the top level and won a Grand Slam because of her talent, the exuberance of youth and because all the stars happened to align at the same time. I would liken that performance to Zak Crawley's 267 for England - everything he did there was probably on instinct but his subsequent performances lead me to believe that he didn't actually understand how he got there. His last innings was the first time since that he actually looked in command and an imposing opening Test batsman.
I still hope that Raducanu wins the Australian Open but I certainly wouldn't be backing her to do so. Ultimately though, she will be one hell of a player.
She needs a full year on the tour before we can start getting a real idea of where she ranks. The random results on the women's tour reflect how inconsistent the players are compared to the men's tour.
Agreed. She definitely has the ability, shots, determination and character etc - you don't achieve what she did without them. Personally I have no expectations for a year or two when things normalise.
Raducanu is refreshingly honest about where she is and in admitting that very thing she is mature far beyond her age. She hasn't played for ages and has just had Covid. But we cannot expect her to get any consistency until she fully understands her own game and that might take a few years.
She's hardly played any tennis at the top level and won a Grand Slam because of her talent, the exuberance of youth and because all the stars happened to align at the same time. I would liken that performance to Zak Crawley's 267 for England - everything he did there was probably on instinct but his subsequent performances lead me to believe that he didn't actually understand how he got there. His last innings was the first time since that he actually looked in command and an imposing opening Test batsman.
I still hope that Raducanu wins the Australian Open but I certainly wouldn't be backing her to do so. Ultimately though, she will be one hell of a player.
She needs a full year on the tour before we can start getting a real idea of where she ranks. The random results on the women's tour reflect how inconsistent the players are compared to the men's tour.
Agreed. She definitely has the ability, shots, determination and character etc - you don't achieve what she did without them. Personally I have no expectations for a year or two when things normalise.
She lost to the World number 13 in her first match back not a mug.
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The Battle of the Brits event organised by the Murrays has been called off due to the Covid situation
Also James Ward (Jacko's childhood friend) has announced his retirement
Now she has the weight of expectation and her opponents see her as a scalp worth taking
She needs to start winning a few matches.
She's hardly played any tennis at the top level and won a Grand Slam because of her talent, the exuberance of youth and because all the stars happened to align at the same time. I would liken that performance to Zak Crawley's 267 for England - everything he did there was probably on instinct but his subsequent performances lead me to believe that he didn't actually understand how he got there. His last innings was the first time since that he actually looked in command and an imposing opening Test batsman.
I still hope that Raducanu wins the Australian Open but I certainly wouldn't be backing her to do so. Ultimately though, she will be one hell of a player.
I hope physically he'll be up for the next match. The game today was over three hours.
He's shown such determination getting over surgery and I hope he can start contending again.
Tough draws for Raducanu and Norrie.
Faces Opelka(world no 26).