Emma Raducanu

[-SharonA-]

Is Emma turning out to be the flop & disappointment of the year??
Watching her play, she seems to have lost her winning ways.
Currently playing Rybakina, lost first set 6-0!,

[andy-hughes]

No sports person wins everything all the time, that's not normal.

Having an off day is all part of professional, or amateur sport, it makes everyone human.

[goodgoalie]

I think she's a one-hit wonder

[-SharonA-]

I agree with you goalie!!!

[emmie]

i was beginning to wonder if she isn't a one tournament wonder, i hope not, she was a breath of fresh air -

[dannyk13]

AH conversely having a dream of a contest like Emma had is also not normal.I remember when I played golf I had a day when everything went right and I actually parred the course.This was never repeated.

[Sqad]

///No sports person wins everything all the time, that's not normal///

True, very true but we still await her "on day" following the U.S Open.

[Boto]

Winning the US Open was a fluke.

[douglas9401]

A career may yet emerge as A Question Of Sport anchor.

[Ken4155]

Despite winning the US Open, she is still as green as grass when compared to others who are ranked in and around her in world standings. Their rise has been gradual, her rise meteoric. Missing tournaments (as she has done) won't do her any good though. She needs all the game time she can get.

[dannyk13]

A person who misses tournaments hasn't got the fire in his/her belly which is needed to become a champion.

[-SharonA-]

That is true Danny. She hasn't got the making yet of a champion.
I hope she proves me wrong.

[dannyk13]

Sharon, she is young enough to develop the mind-set she will require.

[royfromaus]

Is Emma turning out to be the flop & disappointment of the year??


Asks Sharon on Tue 11th Jan 2022

[dannyk13]

She has just been beaten in the Australian Open 6-0,6-1.

[RandyMarsh]

I think the English Cricket team would like a shot at this title, the year has a way to go yet.

[-SharonA-]

Roy, i am counting from when she won the U.S. open!!!!

[Stickybottle]

Discussed here :

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Media-and-TV/Question1776807-3.html

[Stickybottle]

It would appear that Eddie Jones prophecy is coming to pass

[-SharonA-]

Agreed sticky.

[Khandro]

I'm in a sense pleased for her, she had perhaps began to believe in the press hype being poured on her for just one success. It will be a nasty shock, but character-forming one. If she's got what it takes, she will now start to really fight & she's very young.
Go Emma!