gavreid
Pretty Words...
Barty certainly - she's got almost double the tour points of anyone else. I meant though that covid has weakened the preparation of many of the leading players throughout the last two seasons.
Emma Raducanu continues to improve.
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Barty certainly - she's got almost double the tour points of anyone else. I meant though that covid has weakened the preparation of many of the leading players throughout the last two seasons.
cutting42
Arrived at B4 Hacker Ergo
Surely it has weakened all the players. Emma herself has primarily come to our attention quickly because she has been unable to play and develop in the past couple of years.
gavreid
Pretty Words...
cutting42
Arrived at B4 Hacker Ergo
Good piece, hard to disagree. It was a perfect storm and a degree of fortune was certainly there. The purist always wants the ultimate winner to have beaten all the strongest players and she can only beat who ends up in front of her. Can't wait to see her play an on form and fit Barty not to mention the rest of the top 10.
It will be fascinating to see how she copes with expectation. She seems very well grounded, the coach switching seems odd to me but I am no expert and maybe they all do this.
gavreid
Pretty Words...
She split with the coach after the US Open - it was always a tempoary deal. She being helped by the LTA for the rest of the season to see her through.
david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
It was incredible luck that each of her opponents and all the top seeds were in terrible form at the same time as the US open. Maybe they were timing themselves to come into form for a higher profile tournament?
k90tour
pfm Member
Funny David!
It seems that the WTA Tour doesn't present the same consistent results as the ATP anyway. Just look up the results of the last Indian Wells tournaments, for example.
In the men's there are dominant names with repeat wins. In the women's it's a new winner almost every year.
So I wouldn't make predictions. Of the names mentioned above, only Osaka has made the final before.
I would have thought though that Raducanu's preparation will be unlike that for any of her previous tournaments. She has been rather busy on the media tour.
And she will never had had the media attention, all the press conferences, sponsor events etc etc to fit in as well.
Talking of sponsors, one of her custom made racquets came up for sale on the internet yesterday. I dithered. It has gone.
It had the old paint job that Wilson were using a couple of years back and I guess they rounded the old ones up and issued new racquets with the current paint job.
It seems that the WTA Tour doesn't present the same consistent results as the ATP anyway. Just look up the results of the last Indian Wells tournaments, for example.
In the men's there are dominant names with repeat wins. In the women's it's a new winner almost every year.
So I wouldn't make predictions. Of the names mentioned above, only Osaka has made the final before.
I would have thought though that Raducanu's preparation will be unlike that for any of her previous tournaments. She has been rather busy on the media tour.
And she will never had had the media attention, all the press conferences, sponsor events etc etc to fit in as well.
Talking of sponsors, one of her custom made racquets came up for sale on the internet yesterday. I dithered. It has gone.
It had the old paint job that Wilson were using a couple of years back and I guess they rounded the old ones up and issued new racquets with the current paint job.
david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
That will sting, outplayed and didn’t know what to do with her.
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
A useful lesson early in her career, hopefully. She seems to have a mature head on her shoulders, so it shouldn’t be a setback so much as a learning experience.
Exactly. She had an easy ride through the earlier tournament, this is a harder one. As others have said she's mature enough to have worked out that this is where the hard work starts. She's world class, for sure. But so are all the other top 100, and they all want to be the best. I hope she makes it, but the Wades, Navratilovas and Williams are rare breeds and don't come along every year. It remains to be seen if she has the talent, will and good fortune to avoid injury and get to those rarefied heights.
david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
A heavy ball and a slow court took away her advantage and she didn’t have the game to adapt.
Her opponent played excellent tennis.
I think if she had had to come through qualifying she might have faired better.
Her opponent played excellent tennis.
I think if she had had to come through qualifying she might have faired better.
cutting42
Arrived at B4 Hacker Ergo
I think this is correct, a world away from Flushing.Learn and adapt is the key, we shall see what she has.
david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
Murray played really well against Mannarino.
david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
Murray played a blinder against Alcarez, a much more mobile youngster whose very much on form.
Worth a watch!
Worth a watch!
Mike Reed
pfm Member
I'd love to, but haven't a clue how to without subscribing to Sky Sports or whatever company. Not even sure if my 9 y.o. Sony can adjust to modern media tech. though it's probably got the edge on me ! I'm with Virgin, with Freeview as a back-up.
david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
Amazon Prime is where all the tennis coverage is.
Mike Reed
pfm Member
Ah, thanks. I s'pose I could get that on my desk-top but can't see how I would get in on my TV (and I wouldn't watch on a VDU/monitor. Technology left me behind years ago.
