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Next British woman slam winner

8K views 37 replies 16 participants last post by  oasis8420 
#1 ·
To celebrate the continuation of our union, a game, a challenge to predict the next British woman to win a slam.

I mean singles and in the open section of course (else the poll should probably have only two options in order to be balanced: Whiley, not Whiley).

I have my five "other" categories, now just have to choose five concrete choices to fill out the poll. Under the circumstances, a bit of tokenism is called for...
 
#3 ·
Embittered are you bored tonight? ;)

No, but seriously to answer your question Laura looks to be the the best bet although she's only just got back to hitting normal sized tennis balls never mind winning slams. Hopefully she gets back to her best and better on her return. I don't think Hev has the game tbh to get deep into a slam, Naomi has way to many holes in her game and Jo has only just got back to winning two matches in a row. The rest haven't had any standout results really to be considered (I love Tara's game when it's on though) so all my hopes rest in Laura. :p
 
#29 ·
Ha! Lol......

Don't lose hope on Emma. She just turned 12. ;) Sure, her results aren't earth-shattering, but after watching a couple of her matches on youtube, she just seems to have something special about her game. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm really excited about her future.
Yes, there was always something there that was just a bit more compelling. Partly in aspects of her game and partly in her attitude.
 
#8 ·
Robson just might, if she can get her confidence back, stays motivated and has a good stretch without injury.

Heather might, in doubles or mixed, if she is motivated and finds someone with whom she can build a stable partnership. I think she's rather good at doubles, but a lot of the time has played in scratch partnerships. I believe she can get further in singles than she has managed so far, but not all the way.

Can't imagine any of our other seniors managing it, and I don't really know enough about the juniors to have an opinion on them.
 
#9 ·
Is it too late to change Raducanu to Spink?

After yesterday's capitulation, I've voted for "not born yet". I guess Laura, Heather and Katie still have a chance, but there's a much bigger chance that they won't.

It's hard to distinguish "never" and "not born yet"; it's not really a tennis matter. For instance, to chose a fanciful example, when is the Antarctic ice cap going to melt and physically prevent further grand slam play by burying the venues under 50m of water?
 
#10 ·
Is it too late to change Raducanu to Spink?
Don't lose hope on Emma. She just turned 12. ;) Sure, her results aren't earth-shattering, but after watching a couple of her matches on youtube, she just seems to have something special about her game. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm really excited about her future.
 
#23 ·
Re-upping this as no one else is going to, but it was mentioned recently in GM.

There is no insight here. Firstly, I overlooked Konta, who I thought was a neverwas, months before she reached a slam semi. Secondly, Raducanu is more of an idea than a person, as a semifinalist at Auray she was world class in her age group, and represented the limit of the known at the time. (On that basis, I should have picked Fischer to be honest, but Emma had impressed me more.)

Also, the timing. The thread was created a day after the Scottish indyref, where a poll a week before had suggested "Yes" might win, that our country might be about to come to a sudden and unexpected end, so out of relief I created a "British" poll. For lots of reasons, not just the special circumstance, I wouldn't make a thread like this today.
 
#37 ·
Pretty surreal all the same. I mean you could create a thread today, 'next Brit after Emma to win a Slam', and pick some 11 year old who's just won a tournament, but the odds on that actually becoming reality must be... and the before and after options just make it extra classic! Now if you'd just pass me the lottery numbers please... :LOL:
 
#24 ·
Never heard of Mikheeva. I assume early potential but never got started? I only really got into the GB scene around 2016/17.
 
#28 ·
Contemporary of Swan. Auray winner. Also, Scottish and I wanted a Scottish choice (Anastasia McKeever from Edinburgh). Perhaps I should have picked Lumsden (also Auray winner) but by 2014 didn't seem to have world-beating potential. Anastasia was still promising in 2014 but was possibly starting to slip back by that time, and she just disappeared from the tennis scene not so very much later.

EDIT: it seems she was back playing at a reasonable level just before the pandemic hit: LTA - Tennis for Britain
 
#27 ·
I created a couple. Safe to say the interest wasn't quite so strong back then :LOL:


ITF Wirral 25k (WC) Emma Raducanu (15 year old) d. (2)...

But then she literally hasn't won a WTA match, and prior to Nottm W100 vs Sanders, I'm not sure if she even had a win above W25 level - that Sanders match definitely had a thread.
 
#33 ·
I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this but its as good a place as any - I thought every year when Wimbledon is on and Andy Murray is the only Brit left after round one, its always said because we don't have good facilities/investment etc in this country but hasn't Emma proved we do?
I would be interested in the comments of anyone who actually plays Tennis in the UK as I am just a watcher so don't know too much about that side of things.
Or is Emma just a one off who would have come through no matter which country she was brought up in?
 
#34 ·
I do think that things have improved in the past few years, largely due to Murray's success and the Davis Cup win, brought increased investment into British tennis. As Emma is only 18, it's not unreasonable to say she could have benefitted from that.

Not to sound too optimistic, but I think at the moment things look bright, and the investment in British tennis is only going to grow. But I do think there is still an element of elitism and "country clubiness" in British tennis..but it seems to be changing!
 
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