Tennis

[JRockBlues]

Brilliant semi suspended for rain.
Emma Raducanu leads Katie Boulter after one set of a great game.
Boulter serving superbly, Raducanu replying with some excellent ground strokes. 20 plus points in the tie break. The winner will have to play the final after the second set or even the third. Worth a watch.

Resumption happening soon, just going through their warm-up now. Winner plays Pliskova in the final later on.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

I suspect this Raducanu - Boulter match will be very long!

 

[KS55]

Decent showing from both Boulter and Raducanu. The latter has still some way to go to re-establish herself in the higher ranks.

 

[chesterbells]

Decent showing from both Boulter and Raducanu. The latter has still some way to go to re-establish herself in the higher ranks.

What kind of crazy shit is it that after that Boulter is now expected to play the final?

It’s not the US Open or Wimbledon ffs, with massive tv coverage etc. And even those tournaments in the past have rolled finals over to the Monday due to weather.

Bananas, nuts etc.

 

[ancoats]

I suspect this Raducanu - Boulter match will be very long!

it was over when Raducanu slipped and injured herself last night, Boulter won the next 2 sets today.
Will Raducanu will now pull out of Wimbledon,

What is it with her, Raducanu will not play through the pain barrier, Where has the fight gone from her? Even so many coaches have had battles with her because of so-called injuries and not playing through the littlest pain or blisters.
She got her money from one winning one tournament? and that's it,

I also heard she's turned down the GB Olympics team ??

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

She needs checking for spot-fixing…

The co-commentator chuckling as quietly as he could was funny though.

 

[KS55]

it was over when Raducanu slipped and injured herself last night, Boulter won the next 2 sets today.
Will Raducanu will now pull out of Wimbledon,

What is it with her, Raducanu will not play through the pain barrier, Where has the fight gone from her? Even so many coaches have had battles with her because of so-called injuries and not playing through the littlest pain or blisters.
She got her money from one winning one tournament? and that's it,

I also heard she's turned down the GB Olympics team ??

Today Raducanu beat the world number 5, saving a match point along the way.
In terms of her opponents’ ranking, this is the best win of her career. Her opponent won the Berlin open last week. She is now in the last 8 of Bournemouth, a high class tournament. Not bad for someone who, until last week, had not played on grass for 18 months. Your post looks even more inaccurate now, especially considering wrist surgery has finished many young players.
3 Brits in the last eight here for the first time.

 

[ancoats]

Today Raducanu beat the world number 5, saving a match point along the way.
In terms of her opponents’ ranking, this is the best win of her career. Her opponent won the Berlin open last week. She is now in the last 8 of Bournemouth, a high class tournament. Not bad for someone who, until last week, had not played on grass for 18 months. Your post looks even more inaccurate now, especially considering wrist surgery has finished many young players.
3 Brits in the last eight here for the first time.

Until she wins another major then all the coaches she has gone through are spot-on, When the going gets tough she will pull up, Many of the top tennis players play with pain and have operations for all sorts of things, I think it's a mental block with her after winning the US Open at that early stage of her career, She went downhill fast and troubles with many coaches says something was not right.

Once you win a major the hardest part is to repeat it, Doing the long yards fitness-wise and putting in the training and the hours and hours of hitting needs 100% dedication away from the lifestyle

Warm-up tournaments mean nothing really, all they are used for is playing time on grass for timing, Last week's loss in the final at Nottingham was down to a slip ?? 1 set up then play suspended and the next day taped up knee lost 2 sets and the final,

She needs to either want it and put in the hard yards or leave tennis for a lifestyle and live on winning the US Open, My bet is the 2nd option

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

She likes the lifestyle that tennis gives her, but she's mentally quite week.

As a former boxing correspondent once said about a fledging fighter; 'he likes the training, telling everyone he's a boxer, but he doesn't like getting hit!'

Raducanu appears to love the glamour of tennis but not the hard work.
There'll always be a wrist injury, a tight calf or blisters to hold her back.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Until she wins another major then all the coaches she has gone through are spot-on, When the going gets tough she will pull up, Many of the top tennis players play with pain and have operations for all sorts of things, I think it's a mental block with her after winning the US Open at that early stage of her career, She went downhill fast and troubles with many coaches says something was not right.

Once you win a major the hardest part is to repeat it, Doing the long yards fitness-wise and putting in the training and the hours and hours of hitting needs 100% dedication away from the lifestyle

Warm-up tournaments mean nothing really, all they are used for is playing time on grass for timing, Last week's loss in the final at Nottingham was down to a slip ?? 1 set up then play suspended and the next day taped up knee lost 2 sets and the final,

She needs to either want it and put in the hard yards or leave tennis for a lifestyle and live on winning the US Open, My bet is the 2nd option

I doubt you would have backed her to win a single major.