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Raducanu about to start on Sky Sports Main & Sky Sports Tennis.1
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Cracking start for Radacanu...
4-1 up1 -
First set 6-1 in 20 minutes.1
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This is top class by Emma and Anisimova is rattled.
6-1 and Raducanu hasn't lost a point on serve.
21 minute set against a top 20 player.2 -
Anisimova looks very rattled- completely outclassed....soapboxsam said:This is the top class by Emma and Anisimova is rattled.
6-1 and Raducanu hasn't lost a point on serve.
21 minute set against a top 20 player.0 -
yes, its all going rather well isn't it? I don't want to say too much more and jinx it!soapboxsam said:This is the top class by Emma and Anisimova is rattled.
6-1 and Raducanu hasn't lost a point on serve.
21 minute set against a top 20 player.0 -
Keep it going Emma1
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Well played Emma - superb.1
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Through in straight sets. Back inside top 50 in the rankings.2
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Excellent win by Raducanu:
Through to the Q.Final.
6-1 6-3 in 1hr 8 minutes.
Anisimova played better in the 2nd set, she couldn't play worse but Emma stayed strong and a well deserved Victory 👏🏼
Now I can watch the football from 7.45 pm !1 - Sponsored links:
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Brilliant win Emma. She’s got all the tools to be a fixture in the top 20. Don’t give up on her yet.1
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If Emma wins the QF she will overtake Boulter as British no. 1.
(Emma #48 in live rankings, Boulter #38)1 -
I think she is definitely the better player. But the issues with injuries hampered her and were a major cause of inconsistency. And Boulter played more matches overall. Great to see her back in the top 50 again.Callumcafc said:If Emma wins the QF she will overtake Boulter as British no. 1.
(Emma #48 in live rankings, Boulter #38)
Definitely top 20 on her day, maybe top 15/top 10? But on her day is not good enough without more consistency. Was hoping the full-time fitness coach would make a difference and wonder if this is one of the reasons plus a much improved serve? I thought she got to balls and got balls back I haven't seen her do for a while. Trying to manage my expectations and patience!0 -
Fantastic win for Emma this evening. Her best tennis since the US Open, possibly better quality of play than that win.2
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This is the first time that Radacanu has won four in a since the US Open four years ago and she now meets Jessica Pegula (ranked 4 in the world) in the QF. They are 1-1 in HTHs with Radacanu coming out on top at Eastbourne last year.
Radacanu's post match comments were interesting:“I think since Indian Wells I wasn’t necessarily feeling great about my tennis, about everything, but this week I have some really good people around me who I trust and who I have fun with off the court as well.
“That’s extremely important I think for me who’s just very expressive. When I play my best, I’m definitely authentic, true to myself and creative. I feel when I’m boxed in into a regimented way, then I’m not able to kind of express myself in the same way. I’m happy with how I realised that this week as well.”
Therein is probably the issue with finding the right coach. Nick Cavaday (had to step away due to ill health) was the right fit as is Mark Petchey who is currently with her for this tournament but isn't likely to be able to do the job full time. She also has her friend who has taken leave from her job, Jane O'Donoghue, to be with her in Miami.
Radacanu's father and influence has come under criticism from a number of areas and there is probably an element of truth to that. However, she has said herself that she always questions why a coach will ask her to do something and only do that if she feels that it makes sense. She is a very intelligent girl who knows her mind and questioning everything a coach asks won't sit comfortably with the more regimented of coaches. Her father says that they want a "developmental" coach which serves to confirm what I've said previously about her being a late developer. So the task is to find someone who Radacanu can trust, who will be available to travel the world with her and who will improve her to become one of the top players in the world.
There is one person that springs to mind but he is currently Novak Djokovic's coach. He's British, a Grand Slam winner and will recognise all the pressures involved. He also understands the value of having a core of trusted back room staff and that having fun off court is as important as intensity in training. Can Murray combine both and would be be prepared to do so? They were, of course, due to play as doubles partners at Wimbledon so they clearly converse with each other and one has to assume that Radacanu pulling out of that is "water under the bridge" for that to happen. Certainly Murray's mum, Judy, wasn't very happy about that and I would love to be a fly on the wall if Judy Murray and Ion Radacanu ever had a "discussion" about that particular episode!
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I wonder how long Andy Murray will be with Djokovic.......and wasn't Judy Murray more annoyed with the Wimbledon Schedulers?Addick Addict said:This is the first time that Radacanu has won four in a since the US Open four years ago and she now meets Jessica Pegula (ranked 4 in the world) in the QF. They are 1-1 in HTHs with Radacanu coming out on top at Eastbourne last year.
Radacanu's post match comments were interesting:“I think since Indian Wells I wasn’t necessarily feeling great about my tennis, about everything, but this week I have some really good people around me who I trust and who I have fun with off the court as well.
“That’s extremely important I think for me who’s just very expressive. When I play my best, I’m definitely authentic, true to myself and creative. I feel when I’m boxed in into a regimented way, then I’m not able to kind of express myself in the same way. I’m happy with how I realised that this week as well.”
Therein is probably the issue with finding the right coach. Nick Cavaday (had to step away due to ill health) was the right fit as is Mark Petchey who is currently with her for this tournament but isn't likely to be able to do the job full time. She also has her friend who has taken leave from her job, Jane O'Donoghue, to be with her in Miami.
Radacanu's father and influence has come under criticism from a number of areas and there is probably an element of truth to that. However, she has said herself that she always questions why a coach will ask her to do something and only do that if she feels that it makes sense. She is a very intelligent girl who knows her mind and questioning everything a coach asks won't sit comfortably with the more regimented of coaches. Her father says that they want a "developmental" coach which serves to confirm what I've said previously about her being a late developer. So the task is to find someone who Radacanu can trust, who will be available to travel the world with her and who will improve her to become one of the top players in the world.
There is one person that springs to mind but he is currently Novak Djokovic's coach. He's British, a Grand Slam winner and will recognise all the pressures involved. He also understands the value of having a core of trusted back room staff and that having fun off court is as important as intensity in training. Can Murray combine both and would be be prepared to do so? They were, of course, due to play as doubles partners at Wimbledon so they clearly converse with each other and one has to assume that Radacanu pulling out of that is "water under the bridge" for that to happen. Certainly Murray's mum, Judy, wasn't very happy about that and I would love to be a fly on the wall if Judy Murray and Ion Radacanu ever had a "discussion" about that particular episode!
Interesting if a 'late developer' has been 'hindered' by winning a GS - hindered in that it massively raised everyone's expectations when she had only just started her career and was only in the early stages of development and only playing 8 hours a week when doing her A levels. She kind of got derailed by winning to USO1 -
There is no doubt that she has the talent to be a top 5 player. Hopefully she can find the back room mix that allows her talent to consistently flourish1
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I do find it incredible that this is the first time Emma has managed four consecutive victories since her US Open victory.
Looks like a different player in this tournament.2 -
Dan Evans knocked out in the first round at the Challenger event in Naples. Think he might call it a day this year as he's dropping down the rankings.0
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I think her "eureka" moment was that first match and specifically that third set. The first set she won but could have gone either way whereas she virtually gave up in the second set. While she was having treatment Petchey spoke to her and although there wasn't an obvious reaction to that come the third, she soon found her feet and became far more active in taking the game to her opponent. She's used that as a platform since and outplayed her opponents in a way reminiscent of her US Open win. We have to be careful of expectations in winning this because she will probably have to beat a couple of players ranked higher than she has ever done before but very good signs certainly.hoof_it_up_to_benty said:I do find it incredible that this is the first time Emma has managed four consecutive victories since her US Open victory.
Looks like a different player in this tournament.1 - Sponsored links:
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agreed - as usual you talk a lot of sense. The commentators often comment about players purposefully giving up a set when too far behind though and consciously conserving their energy. I think they said that about Fearnley in that match he looked finished but went on the win the third.Addick Addict said:
I think her "eureka" moment was that first match and specifically that third set. The first set she won but could have gone either way whereas she virtually gave up in the second set. While she was having treatment Petchey spoke to her and although there wasn't an obvious reaction to that come the third, she soon found her feet and became far more active in taking the game to her opponent. She's used that as a platform since and outplayed her opponents in a way reminiscent of her US Open win. We have to be careful of expectations in winning this because she will probably have to beat a couple of players ranked higher than she has ever done before but very good signs certainly.hoof_it_up_to_benty said:I do find it incredible that this is the first time Emma has managed four consecutive victories since her US Open victory.
Looks like a different player in this tournament.
Haven't we both commented more than once how a run of matches and good form will give her the confidence to strike out, up her game/levels, take on opponents which would see a higher level of tennis from her? Yes, early days but very promising ones1 -
Radacanu's climbed up inside the top 50 now. With very few points needing to be defended she's got a great chance to earn a seeding at the remaining slams.1
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Emma Raducanu's QF estimated for 23:000
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Interesting facts about Jessica Pegula:
Emma Raducanu's next opponent has reached the Q.Finals of all the slams including the USA slam where she was a losing finalist. 4th in the world ratings in Feb 25.
Pegula is potentially the richest female tennis player ?
Her Father Terry Pegula is worth around 7 billion Dollars.
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Pegula may have been usurped by Navarro in the money bags stakes.0
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Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool through to the semi finals of the doubles.2
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Amazing win by Eala3
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Big breakthrough tournament for her. Nice to see Fils beat Zverev.PrincessFiona said:Amazing win by Eala1 -
One of Raducanu, Eala (19 y/o wildcard) or Pegula (4th seed) will be in the final.
Eala is not to be taken lightly having already sent Keys and Swiatek packing in this tournament but this is a massive opportunity for Emma if she can pull off a result later. She already has one win against Pegula - can she repeat that?0
