srixon 1
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A great opportunity to be sponsored by Band Aid?. I’m sure that she’ll come good again given time.
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Emma Raducanu
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4LEX
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She got the slam in the bag and was bound to tail off with all the exposure that came with it. Imagine yourself at 18 or 19 and achieving a career dream right away, it's going to take her a few years to bounce back. Some decisions with coaches have been a bit strange but she's got time on her side.
Swango1980
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Never seemed to bother Martina Hingis. Had she won 7 grand slams before she was 19?
I think age is sometimes to much of an easy excuse. Sometimes it can be harder to do well once you get older to be honest. Carrying more injuries, more negative mentality after being scarred by past experiences, etc. Obviously, way to premature to write her career off. However, also way to premature to just assume she will come good again. No guarantees either way.
Slime
Tour Winner
She's British, she's very young and she's a Grand Slam winner.
I'm proud of her ....................... well done Emma.
I'm proud of her ....................... well done Emma.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Why do I keep thinking "Ben Curtis"...???
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4LEX
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Fair comment, although Hingis was a GOAT level player and her rise happened when there was a vacuum in women's tennis. If Andy Murray had peaked in the early to mid 90's he'd have a dozen slams.
I'm a huge tennis fan and generally don't expect much from British players. The likes of Watson, Robson and Konta have all under achieved with mentality issues being the key thing. Sure injuries have played a part too.
Emma is different in the sense she has suffered a major meltdown and managed to bounce back within a few months. Her win at Flushing Meadows last year was the greatest achievement in British tennis, IMO. Check her odds before the start of that tournament and to go all the way through without dropping a set is mind boggling.
The exposure and pressure that came with it is bound to have an impact. She'll be back.
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4 PGA tour wins, including a Major, and a Ryder Cup in a 9 year spell.
That’d be a good career for many players.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Won the Open on his first appearance in a major in 2003 as a 300/1 outsider and then hardly set the world alight after that....
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3 tour wins is more than a lot manage
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Apart from the big 3 there haven't been many male Slam winners in the last 15+ years...
Emma's doing ok.
Give her time.
Emma's doing ok.
Give her time.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
They were hardly big events though. I think I came second in one of them with 38 points.
He done me on countback goddamit.
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theoneandonly
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Smiffy
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What did you achieve as a 19 year old?
Swango1980
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I'm sure he'd also admit he is rubbish at tennis.
If you are going to use that line, none of us can ever criticise another sportsperson ever again. Harry Maguire will be glad to hear that.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
But why criticise her at all. She‘s a young woman who rocketed out of the pack and won a tennis grand slam event…what’s not to like.
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
But she's still one of only 27 women who can write "Winner - US Open Tennis" on their CV.
BiMGuy
LIV Bot, (But Not As Big As Mel) ?
Or at whatever age they are now?
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Can I just add that I am not criticising her at all.... just wondering if she is going to be another "one hit wonder".
Swango1980
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That is why sport is so popular. The public invest in it, and have opinions. Do you expect they should never express a negative opinion?
Or, is there an age limit? If so, what age does Emma have to be before people comment she isn't very good relative to her peers? Is it just tennis? I'm pretty sure footballers have been criticised at a young age.
No one is saying she was rubbish when she won the US Open. She was fantastic in that. However, since then, it is pretty clear to say her form has been nowhere near that. We are not talking about a brief spell of a tournament or 2, we are talking a considerable period of time.
If she starts doing well again, I am sure everyone will happily say she has her mojo back. But it is naive to think she is still a great tennis player (relative to her peers) based on her performances
