Emma Raducanu

Emma Raducanu

Damn, she looked in really good nick this morning and the new coach is obviously making a difference - readily dispatched. If she can get passed Rybakina, it's Paolini (on ranking) before a rematch with Sabalenka in the QFs. How great would that be !!!
 

Emma Raducanu

ApolloBeachTone said:
Damn, she looked in really good nick this morning and the new coach is obviously making a difference - readily dispatched. If she can get passed Rybakina, it's Paolini (on ranking) before a rematch with Sabalenka in the QFs. How great would that be !!!
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That's a really tough next three (potential) opponents for her but based on her performance in the first two rounds, who knows what she could do.
 

Emma Raducanu

Judio1999 said:
And her seeded oppo in Round 2 is out

So Emma plays a complete unknown qualifier

Janice Tjen of Indonesia

Has never played a match on WTA tour until today

In April she was ranked about 380 and has been playing in Challengers
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You cant really judge her against this oppo

Friday will be so much tougher
 

Emma Raducanu

alikat said:
That's a really tough next three (potential) opponents for her but based on her performance in the first two rounds, who knows what she could do.
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Caveat: i know nothing, but yes that seems like quite the gauntlet. Sabalenka won't fancy playing her though after that match a couple of weeks ago.
 

Emma Raducanu

alikat said:
That's a really tough next three (potential) opponents for her but based on her performance in the first two rounds, who knows what she could do.
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Very much agree - the only thing we can say with any certainty is if she’s still standing after the next three rounds then she has a great chance at winning it all. Massive ask - here’s hoping all three potential opponents go out today and tomorrow. ?
 

Emma Raducanu

No shame in getting steamrolled by Rybakina, but this is a fair snapshot where she is.
Comfortably able to dispose of lower ranked players, probably on her way to reach Top 20.
Can compete against Top 10 with similar profiles to herself like Pegula and Navarro. But struggles against the very best, in particular the power players.
 

Emma Raducanu

davido_i said:
No shame in getting steamrolled by Rybakina, but this is a fair snapshot where she is.
Comfortably able to dispose of lower ranked players, probably on her way to reach Top 20.
Can compete against Top 10 with similar profiles to herself like Pegula and Navarro. But struggles against the very best, in particular the power players.
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TBF, she's also given Screamylenka a run for her money a couple of times recently.
 

Emma Raducanu

2025 defeats in Grand Slams
Aus Swiatek
Fre Swiatek
Wim Sabalenka
US Rybakina

What a strong list
Can't have any complaints here
 

Emma Raducanu

Banana said:
Only a third of her.
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I am not interested in her ethnic blending. Just stating she choose herself, quite late in the day, over country. Which came aa quite a surprise to the countries captain. I think she made the right decision to go after the ranking points to help improve seedings at Aussie slam and progress to later stages
 

Emma Raducanu

Hullbee said:
I am not interested in her ethnic blending. Just stating she choose herself, quite late in the day, over country. Which came aa quite a surprise to the countries captain. I think she made the right decision to go after the ranking points to help improve seedings at Aussie slam and progress to later stages
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Yes, will move into the top 32 now.
 

Emma Raducanu

She was cruising at 4-1 up in the second set, her opponent seemed to be going through the motions.
I think Emma won something like 12 points in a row.
 

Emma Raducanu

Finally seeded for the next Masters event (Ranked 33rd last week but Sabalenka, Keys and one other are skipping this so is Seed no 30)

Starts later this week in Beijing

Her Section of the draw looks like this

30RADUCANU, Emma GBR
Bye
VEKIC, Donna CRO
Qualifier
TOMLJANOVIC, Ajla AUS
STARODUBTSEVA, Yuliia UKR
Bye
5PEGULA, Jessica USA
 

Emma Raducanu

Judio1999 said:
Finally seeded for the next Masters event (Ranked 33rd last week but Sabalenka, Keys and one other are skipping this so is Seed no 30)

Starts later this week in Beijing

Her Section of the draw looks like this

30RADUCANU, Emma GBR
Bye
VEKIC, Donna CRO
Qualifier
TOMLJANOVIC, Ajla AUS
STARODUBTSEVA, Yuliia UKR
Bye
5PEGULA, Jessica USA
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No idea who the others are any indication on your thoughts whether she can beat these chumps and progress
 

Emma Raducanu

Hullbee said:
No idea who the others are any indication on your thoughts whether she can beat these chumps and progress
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The Ukrainian girl has had a career high ranking this year, but fallen back a bit since. If ER plays her, she should win. The other 3 are all capable of beating Emma, and may well have done so in the past.
 

Emma Raducanu

Hullbee said:
No idea who the others are any indication on your thoughts whether she can beat these chumps and progress
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Donna Vekic made the semi final of Wimbledon last year !

I think her easiest match will be R1 against Bye

Bye is a regular feature in many draws but has an appalling win loss ratio
 

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Judio1999 said:
Cristina Bucsa, qualified then beat Vekic and plays Emma during the Man U game at lunchtime
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Surprised that Bucsa had to qualify as she has seemed to be doing pretty well lately and is currently seeded 68 in the live rankings. Anyway, Em-Zee Rads beat her in straight sets to take on Pegula in the next round.
 

Emma Raducanu

She was ranked in the 90s when the list came out to enter Beijing
 

Emma Raducanu

Currently a set up and on serve although she was a break up in the 2nd at one point...
 

Emma Raducanu

Missed 3 match points in the tie break...now lost it so into a deciding set. This will test her character as she should have won - fluffed an easy shot at match point.
 
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Gazza Bee said:
Missed 3 match points in the tie break...now lost it so into a deciding set. This will test her character as she should have won - fluffed an easy shot at match point.
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Hopefully can regather herself as you say .
 

Emma Raducanu

In a not unsurprising turn of events she loses the 3rd set 6-0 - not sure if there was an injury but a shall we say disappointing way to go out.
 

Emma Raducanu

Gazza Bee said:
In a not unsurprising turn of events she loses the 3rd set 6-0 - not sure if there was an injury but a shall we say disappointing way to go out.
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Blimey that escalated in a hurry.
 

Emma Raducanu

Second time this month right? She did something similar vs Krejcikova i think a couple of weeks back. Still got a little way to go, then...
 

Emma Raducanu

Hard to fathom really. So close to winning in two sets, with Pegula saving three match points (one rather luckily) in the tie break, but the third set was one-way traffic.

As Mr Tree said above, this is now the second time in a short space of time that the third set has gone rapidly against her after losing a 2nd set tie break.

Shame really as she was the better player in the first 2 sets today.
 

Emma Raducanu

Struck me as a combination of Pegula starting to play better after her first set of unforced errors and a second set of grit and a little luck and Emma hitting the wall - either mentally or physically, but probably both - after coughing up the set/match in the tie break. Again, no doubt in my mind she can hang with the world's best and the new coach is certainly helping her, but still some way to go. Solid top tenner, once she gets over the hill she's currently climbing against the big names.
 

Emma Raducanu

That seems to be a feature of players playing Raducanu
 

Emma Raducanu

Emma Raducanu

Super_horns said:
Seems like she was suffering a lot through the match which explains the result.

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Emma Raducanu: British No 1 retires during first round of Wuhan Open against Ann Li

Emma Raducanu retired during her opening match at the Wuhan Open against Ann Li; Raducanu was visibly out of sorts in the hot and humid conditions; watch the WTA and ATP Tours in China throughout this week, live on Sky Sports Tennis
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Just saw the end of the Muchova v Kostyuk match and, right after the match, it was a real struggle for Muchova to even get out of her chair for an interview and she said that it was her first visit to Wuhan and "God, it's hot!'. At the moment the temperature there is 32 degrees, but it feels like 39! Wouldn't be surprised if a few players retire through heat exhaustion if it stays this hot.
 

Emma Raducanu

alikat said:
Just saw the end of the Muchova v Kostyuk match and, right after the match, it was a real struggle for Muchova to even get out of her chair for an interview and she said that it was her first visit to Wuhan and "God, it's hot!'. At the moment the temperature there is 32 degrees, but it feels like 39! Wouldn't be surprised if a few players retire through heat exhaustion if it stays this hot.
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Top players even struggling.

Wuhan Open: Emma Raducanu retires in first round against Ann Li
 

Emma Raducanu

JANORAK said:
If she can’t cope with the climate out there, then why put yourself through it? Play somewhere else. There’s usually several tournaments happening every week.
She needs a reset and even a total reevaluation for next year.
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Think her mixed Chinese heritage means that she's very big over there so I can imagine some major sponsors would be extremely disappointed if she didn't go.
 

Emma Raducanu

Hold on a minute.
There’s only one top class level WTA tournament going on at any given time.
Its easy to forget how far she has come in 12 months. She s played a whole season at the top level for the first time ever. Ranking up to 30 with the trend still upward. She is fundamentally healthy, just seems to have run out of gas the last few weeks and she’s not alone there.
Even if she packs it in now until the Aussie Open prep, her season has been a massive step forward.
 
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