Emma Raducanu

[srixon 1]

I watched on channel 4 (although I have Prime) and it was great to not see any adverts during the match.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Brilliànt but why do the yanks have to present the cheque and mention the prize money before the trophy ?

Got to mention the sponsor.

 

[chrisd]

Absolutely fantastic!

 

[Fade and Die]

Brilliànt but why do the yanks have to present the cheque and mention the prize money before the trophy ?

Because they are tacky. I also thought when Fernandez started going on about 9/11 at the end of her interview that was unnecessary.

Btw £2.5Mil!! ?? (hope she thanked Billie Jean)

 

[Papas1982]

Cracking final that.

I don't have a shred of "pride" over
Her win, albeit she wouldn't sound out of place in downton abbey, but it's just great tennis seem to have some new superstars.

 

[GG26]

Wow, it’s still hard to take in. Watched the last few rounds and that’s the first time she’s had to dig deep and she was up to it. Stepped up her game at the vital points like champions do.

 

[Beezerk]

Two words.
Get in!

 

[CliveW]

Because they are tacky. I also thought when Fernandez started going on about 9/11 at the end of her interview that was unnecessary.

Btw £2.5Mil!! ?? (hope she thanked Billie Jean)

$2.5 Million (£1.81 million)

 

[Beezerk]

Stato alert ?

 

[Voyager EMH]

"...and this year's BBC Sports Personality Of The Year is..."

EDIT: Just had a look on oddschecker. Bit of a one-horse race now. More tears of joy in 3 months time.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Guess she is staying British at the moment ??

 

[AmandaJR]

A much used word but apt here - awesome...

Simply awesome!

 

[Smiffy]

Fantastic match.
When Fernandez broke serve in the 2nd set I was worried that Emma might start to crumble, but she held it together well and gave the perfect response.
Shame that the injury situation put a question mark over Fernandez's attitude, the only cloud on an otherwise brilliant sporting event.
Oh, and didn't her Mum love the camera????

 

[IanM]

Apart from the blood pouring down here leg, it was clearly a made up injury!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I'm getting that, too. Very strange.

Wasn’t it. There didnt seem to be that much difference in the ‘click’ we were hearing than when a net chord was called. I guessed it was the toe of the servers shoe scraping the court as she landed moving forward.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

..and loads of delight and pride in her winning in the SILH household.

 

[Smiffy]

Wasn’t it. There didnt seem to be that much difference in the ‘click’ we were hearing than when a net chord was called. I guessed it was the toe of the servers shoe scraping the court as she landed moving forward.

It threw me almost every time I heard it. Kept expecting to hear the umpires call.

 

[Crazyface]

I watched it on my phone at a party I was at. I couldn't believe no one was interested enough to watch it! The girl was awesome. She handled the mounting pressure from the crowd who seemed to be in favor (see what I did there?) of the Canadian. To have the confidence to do running smashes as she came into the net on short returns was fantastic, despite me saying "LET IT BOUNCE!!!!!!!" And a proper winning smile to boot.

Brilliant!

 

[4LEX]

Big tennis fan and so much credit for the way she bounced back from the panic attack at Wimbledon and the unjust stick. This is one of the greatest achievments in British sport. To come through qualifying and win a Grand Slam at 18 without dropping a set is ridiculous

 

[Crumplezone]

Guess she is staying British at the moment ??

As she has lived in Britain since she was 2, I would say so. Why even mention it?