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BnM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:14 pm Absolutely bonkers.

Emma Raducanu and Layla Fernandez into women's semi's.

Calculon wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:55 pm She is seriously impressive. Hope she has the mental strength to deal with the British press and "fans", otherwise she might come to regret choosing to represent Britain.

PCPhil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 5:23 am

Calculon wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:55 pm She is seriously impressive. Hope she has the mental strength to deal with the British press and "fans", otherwise she might come to regret choosing to represent Britain.

Why would she not ‘choose’ to represent Britain? She has lived here since she was 2. Or do you think she isn’t really British?

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:48 am Blimey. Raducanu equally comfortable in the semifinal 6-1 6-4. Other semifinal won by the Canadian Leylah Fernandez who turned 19 earlier this week.

Bit of a changing of the guard in Women's tennis? Might see these two knocking lumps off each other for at least ten years.

Slick wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:52 am

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:48 am Blimey. Raducanu equally comfortable in the semifinal 6-1 6-4. Other semifinal won by the Canadian Leylah Fernandez who turned 19 earlier this week.

Bit of a changing of the guard in Women's tennis? Might see these two knocking lumps off each other for at least ten years.

Bloody hell, just seen this! Incredible achievement.

Anyone know if it will be shown on normal TV?

EDIT: hope some of the cunts who gave her a hard time after Wimbledon are feeling shit this morning.

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:08 am

Slick wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:52 am

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:48 am Blimey. Raducanu equally comfortable in the semifinal 6-1 6-4. Other semifinal won by the Canadian Leylah Fernandez who turned 19 earlier this week.

Bit of a changing of the guard in Women's tennis? Might see these two knocking lumps off each other for at least ten years.

Bloody hell, just seen this! Incredible achievement.

Anyone know if it will be shown on normal TV?

EDIT: hope some of the cunts who gave her a hard time after Wimbledon are feeling shit this morning.

Cunt Morgan has been busy insinuating it was because he criticised here that she toughened up.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:18 am Born in Canada with a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Would be interesting to see if she'd arrived across the Channel whether Morgan and co would be so keen on claiming her as British. Especially if she was no good.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:18 am Born in Canada with a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Would be interesting to see if she'd arrived across the Channel whether Morgan and co would be so keen on claiming her as British. Especially if she was no good.

PCPhil wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:49 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:18 am Born in Canada with a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Would be interesting to see if she'd arrived across the Channel whether Morgan and co would be so keen on claiming her as British. Especially if she was no good.

I realise and hope you are you are just having a go at ‘Morgan and co’ but I find this post like the one from Calculon above a bit personal. Why would she have to be ‘claimed’ to be British if she has lived here since she was 2 and it is the only country she has ever known as home. The topic should not even be fit for any discussion.

PCPhil wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:49 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:18 am Born in Canada with a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Would be interesting to see if she'd arrived across the Channel whether Morgan and co would be so keen on claiming her as British. Especially if she was no good.

I realise and hope you are you are just having a go at ‘Morgan and co’ but I find this post like the one from Calculon above a bit personal. Why would she have to be ‘claimed’ to be British if she has lived here since she was 2 and it is the only country she has ever known as home. The topic should not even be fit for any discussion.

robmatic wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:31 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:18 am Born in Canada with a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Would be interesting to see if she'd arrived across the Channel whether Morgan and co would be so keen on claiming her as British. Especially if she was no good.

Did you miss Wimbledon when Morgan was not tremendously keen on her? He was criticising her in a way that he usually reserves for mixed race American women.

Slick wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:52 am

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:48 am Blimey. Raducanu equally comfortable in the semifinal 6-1 6-4. Other semifinal won by the Canadian Leylah Fernandez who turned 19 earlier this week.

Bit of a changing of the guard in Women's tennis? Might see these two knocking lumps off each other for at least ten years.

Bloody hell, just seen this! Incredible achievement.

Anyone know if it will be shown on normal TV?

EDIT: hope some of the cunts who gave her a hard time after Wimbledon are feeling shit this morning.

BnM wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:26 am Look at these scores Bit tired today.

Q1: 6-1, 6-2 - beats Bibiane Schoofs - QUALIFYING

Q2: 6-3, 7-5 - beats Mariam Bolkvadze - QUALIFYING

Q3: 6-1, 6-4 - beats Mayar Sherif - QUALIFYING

R1: 6-2, 6-3 - beats Stefanie Vogele

R2: 6-2, 6-4 - beats Zhang Shuai

R3: 6-0, 6-1 - beats Sara Sorribes Tormo

R4: 6-2, 6-1 - beats Shelby Rogers

QF: 6-3, 6-4 - beats Belinda Bencic

SF: 6-1, 6-4 - beats Maria Sakkari

Slick wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:31 pm

BnM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:14 pm Absolutely bonkers.

Emma Raducanu and Layla Fernandez into women's semi's.

She did it? Wow!

PCPhil wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:49 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:18 am Born in Canada with a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Would be interesting to see if she'd arrived across the Channel whether Morgan and co would be so keen on claiming her as British. Especially if she was no good.

I realise and hope you are you are just having a go at ‘Morgan and co’ but I find this post like the one from Calculon above a bit personal. Why would she have to be ‘claimed’ to be British if she has lived here since she was 2 and it is the only country she has ever known as home. The topic should not even be fit for any discussion.

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:42 am

Slick wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:31 pm

BnM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:14 pm Absolutely bonkers.

Emma Raducanu and Layla Fernandez into women's semi's.

She did it? Wow!

They've known each other for years in junior tennis. I don't know if one would call them friends, but they're certainly friendly.

Raducanu is just being weird, yes she's given up some break point chances and hasn't been punished for that, but that aside she's producing high class shots with a low error rate, and that low error rate would please someone like Djokovic, it's not something a kid is supposed to be able to put together.

Calculon wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:43 am

PCPhil wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:49 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:18 am Born in Canada with a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Would be interesting to see if she'd arrived across the Channel whether Morgan and co would be so keen on claiming her as British. Especially if she was no good.

I realise and hope you are you are just having a go at ‘Morgan and co’ but I find this post like the one from Calculon above a bit personal. Why would she have to be ‘claimed’ to be British if she has lived here since she was 2 and it is the only country she has ever known as home. The topic should not even be fit for any discussion.

I don't, and I doubt torq does either, have a problem with people having multiple national identities. But certain UK journalists will, although less so if she keeps on winning. And it's always amusing to see how the british press and some fans, will play up her britishness

The fan comment was more directed at eldanialtwat and call me Bill who was claiming she was a fake on PR, but only when eldanialtwat was convinced she wasn't going to go past the quarters. It's all good now that she's shown herself to be the real deal

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:45 am

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:42 am

Slick wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:31 pm

She did it? Wow!

They've known each other for years in junior tennis. I don't know if one would call them friends, but they're certainly friendly.

Raducanu is just being weird, yes she's given up some break point chances and hasn't been punished for that, but that aside she's producing high class shots with a low error rate, and that low error rate would please someone like Djokovic, it's not something a kid is supposed to be able to put together.

I thought they have only ever played once, at Wimbledon juniors 3 years ago?

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:09 am

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:45 am

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:42 am

They've known each other for years in junior tennis. I don't know if one would call them friends, but they're certainly friendly.

Raducanu is just being weird, yes she's given up some break point chances and hasn't been punished for that, but that aside she's producing high class shots with a low error rate, and that low error rate would please someone like Djokovic, it's not something a kid is supposed to be able to put together.

I thought they have only ever played once, at Wimbledon juniors 3 years ago?

There are more meeting places in tennis than just on court. I'm not saying they grew up together or are especially close, merely they have known each other for around a third of their lives and they seem to get along just fine, whether in the locker room or away from tennis

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:35 am

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:09 am

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:45 am

I thought they have only ever played once, at Wimbledon juniors 3 years ago?

There are more meeting places in tennis than just on court. I'm not saying they grew up together or are especially close, merely they have known each other for around a third of their lives and they seem to get along just fine, whether in the locker room or away from tennis

True.

robmatic wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:31 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:18 am Born in Canada with a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Would be interesting to see if she'd arrived across the Channel whether Morgan and co would be so keen on claiming her as British. Especially if she was no good.

Did you miss Wimbledon when Morgan was not tremendously keen on her? He was criticising her in a way that he usually reserves for mixed race American women.

PCPhil wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:49 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:18 am Born in Canada with a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Would be interesting to see if she'd arrived across the Channel whether Morgan and co would be so keen on claiming her as British. Especially if she was no good.

I realise and hope you are you are just having a go at ‘Morgan and co’ but I find this post like the one from Calculon above a bit personal. Why would she have to be ‘claimed’ to be British if she has lived here since she was 2 and it is the only country she has ever known as home. The topic should not even be fit for any discussion.

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:43 pm This could be the first clash of ten years of the two of them competing against each other in the way Federer and Nadal did from about 2004-5. It'd be brilliant for women's tennis if that was the case

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 3:09 pm

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:43 pm This could be the first clash of ten years of the two of them competing against each other in the way Federer and Nadal did from about 2004-5. It'd be brilliant for women's tennis if that was the case

Could be. But in women's tennis there are so many false dawns, Ostapenko, Stephens, Kenin, Andreescu, etc who win one slam, have big things predicted and then don't repeat for years as their form drops off a cliff after a slam win. Some might grab a couple, but we haven't seen a great women's rivalry for a long time. Even the Sharapova-Serena one never really happened after Wimbledon 2004.

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 5:48 pm

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 3:09 pm

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:43 pm This could be the first clash of ten years of the two of them competing against each other in the way Federer and Nadal did from about 2004-5. It'd be brilliant for women's tennis if that was the case

Could be. But in women's tennis there are so many false dawns, Ostapenko, Stephens, Kenin, Andreescu, etc who win one slam, have big things predicted and then don't repeat for years as their form drops off a cliff after a slam win. Some might grab a couple, but we haven't seen a great women's rivalry for a long time. Even the Sharapova-Serena one never really happened after Wimbledon 2004.

To be fair, Stephens was 24 when she won a major. That’s kind of in the peak age range for women’s tennis ( Serena is the exception, that’s what makes her great). So her winning one was her peak. Andreescu and Kenin won in the last two years and are still top ten players, so are part of the same generation. Andreescu won her first major at the end of 2019, then injured her knee, then pandemic. Kenin won the last pre pandemic major, got to the French Open final and missed most of this year before Wimbledon with illness and injury. So their form hasn’t dropped off a cliff. Add those two in and it could be a fantastic time coming up for women’s tennis.

Writing off people at 21 and 22 after they won majors at 20 and 21 is a pretty shit attitude tbh.

Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:34 am Well Emma had some of Fernandez's birthday cake the other day... so read into that what you will...

PCPhil wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:49 am

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:18 am Born in Canada with a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Would be interesting to see if she'd arrived across the Channel whether Morgan and co would be so keen on claiming her as British. Especially if she was no good.

I realise and hope you are you are just having a go at ‘Morgan and co’ but I find this post like the one from Calculon above a bit personal. Why would she have to be ‘claimed’ to be British if she has lived here since she was 2 and it is the only country she has ever known as home. The topic should not even be fit for any discussion.

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 6:54 am I see it’s on Amazon Prime, nice!