Tennis
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@billy-tell said in Tennis:
Entirely marketable. The endorsements will flow in.
Most marketable UK sportsperson since Beckham. The endorsements will flow, as might the trophies.
But so will the attention of the worst sections of the UK press and assorted sharks. Hope she has some tough people around her to tell them to f##k off.
A great achievement, there will be massive scrutiny now. The hard part is screening that out, and also tempering expectations. At 18, she might never win another major. Which will be fine because she will still be the first British female in almost 45 years to win a GS title. Managing that situation would be a challenge. I hope that her apparent joy for the game won't be eroded as it appears to have for Osaka
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So I assume the UK, Canada, China, Romania, Equador and the Phillipines will all feature the finalists on the front of their national newspapers today and claim something in their DNA or residence...
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Couldn't resist posting this Piers Morgan tweet after Emma Raducuna pulled out of Wimbledon...
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@victor-meldrew said in Tennis:
Couldn't resist posting this Piers Morgan tweet after Emma Raducuna pulled out of Wimbledon...
Clearly she learned her lesson pretty quickly 😉
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@victor-meldrew said in Tennis:
Couldn't resist posting this Piers Morgan tweet after Emma Raducuna pulled out of Wimbledon...
Clearly she learned her lesson pretty quickly 😉
Yep. Ignore the twat.
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@victor-meldrew said in Tennis:
@victor-meldrew said in Tennis:
Couldn't resist posting this Piers Morgan tweet after Emma Raducuna pulled out of Wimbledon...
Clearly she learned her lesson pretty quickly 😉
Yep. Ignore the twat.
Sounds like a really balanced girl. Studying uni by correspondence, loves her motorsport, apparently looking forward to a visit to Wall Street while in NYC
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@victor-meldrew said in Tennis:
@victor-meldrew said in Tennis:
Couldn't resist posting this Piers Morgan tweet after Emma Raducuna pulled out of Wimbledon...
Clearly she learned her lesson pretty quickly 😉
Yep. Ignore the twat.
Sounds like a really balanced girl. Studying uni by correspondence, loves her motorsport, apparently looking forward to a visit to Wall Street while in NYC
Keeping balanced will be a challenge, but she seems to have a good, experienced team around her to help with that.
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It was a refreshing change to see these two girls play with passion and really enjoy the match. Both spoke very well
Yep. Not a huge tennis fan, but it was a joy to watch them. Both reminded me of the likes of Nadal, Federer etc. Doing their talking on the court and acting with grace and good friends off it.
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@victor-meldrew said in Tennis:
It was a refreshing change to see these two girls play with passion and really enjoy the match. Both spoke very well
Yep. Not a huge tennis fan, but it was a joy to watch them. Both reminded me of the likes of Nadal, Federer etc. Doing their talking on the court and acting with grace and good friends off it.
It was a quality match. Both girls brought it big time
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@mikethesnow said in Tennis:
Who’s going to be the Director of this movie?
What a story
Qualifier to Champion
Call it The Fairytale of New York. 3 months ago she was an A Level student. Never won a WTA tounament before. Only her second major tournament. Never played a top ten player before. Had to go through qualifying. Said her goal at the start of qualifying was to win enough money to replace her lost Air Pods. 4,000-1 outsider. Won the US Open without dropping a set. Last person to do that was Serena Williams in 2014. Unbelievable.
Much better story than that Wimbledon film they made about Peter Holt.
At apple prices those AirPods remain but a dream I’d say.
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Amazingly Raducanu could win the US Open next year and yet lose ranking points. This year she got 50 points for getting through US Open Qualifying, then 2000 points for winning the US Open. Next year there will only be the 2000 points for winning the tournament available to her.
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Watching the mens final and the domestic racquet violence it would be nice to see the roles reversed and a racquet leap up and pound Novak Djokovic into the dirt. He's the one making those tired, lazy mistakes, leave the graphene Head out of it..
Or maybe I'm just jealous I can't break half a k on a whim..
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The Joker is looking outclassed and frustrated at the moment. Medvedev is playing really well.
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