[Marlhill]

No. This is my sentence: 'Anyway, i guess a break from tennis on the cards for me.'

I am the one taking a break, lol.

Yes I'm sure that would be good for her. But for this year, I'm sure she will keep going as best she can for the remainder of the Asian tour to see what improvements can be made with Roig. But her physical issues seem to be hindering her.

Ah, my misreading.

 

[RossG01_]

No. This is my sentence: 'Anyway, i guess a break from tennis on the cards for me.'

I am the one taking a break, lol.

Yes I'm sure that would be good for her. But for this year, I'm sure she will keep going as best she can for the remainder of the Asian tour to see what improvements can be made with Roig. But her physical issues seem to be hindering her.

She hasn’t had any physical issues this year. Her back problems are something she will have to deal with even after tennis. It is something like what @tennismomfan told us about themselves.

 

[Marlhill]

Physical health will depend on how often her back flares up. She can’t control her back issues.

Yes, she absolutely could.
Hire a professional S&C coach/trainer and get serious about her aspirations to be a Slam champion again.

 

[droogiefret]

I can't help but feel Emma may not be in the best place emotionally at the moment. If so, I wish the best for her and that things are sorted out. Tennis can come second.

 

[desmondpaul]

I can't help but feel Emma may not be in the best place emotionally at the moment. If so, I wish the best for her and that things are sorted out. Tennis can come second.

She maybe dealing with lots of negativity in the background from pulling out of BJKC

 

[RossG01_]

Yes, she absolutely could.
Hire a professional S&C coach/trainer and get serious about her aspirations to be a Slam champion again.

A S&C trainer won’t fix a genetic issue. All they can do is limit the frequency of the issues but won’t rid her of them.

 

[varlums2]

It’s better to have an s&c and physio then not having them

 

[MrSpoon]

It’s better to have an s&c and physio then not having them

I'm still surprised she hasn't got even a temp one for this final swing of the season. Petchey said in his interview this week that Emma should have a physio who can oversee strength and conditioning as well rather than a dedicated s&c coach travelling with her full time and no physio. Emma continues to baffle me in so many ways. I really thought her going to the BTT academy was going to be more significant for both her game and her team set up than it has turned out to be.

Petchey:

"I think she needs to decide whether she needs somebody on the road permanently or whether she just needs somebody back at base and then someone to travel with her. She's in the process of figuring that out. I don't know where that's at. That's a piece of the puzzle that needs a solution and I'm sure she'll get there."

The perfect scenario, according to Petchey, would involve Raducanu securing a physiotherapist capable of traveling and collaborating with Roig. "I think it needs to be a blend. I don't think she needs a strength and conditioning coach with her all the time," he continued.

"I think the ideal world would be to take a physio with her who also has the ability to implement a strength and conditioning programme on the road. That would be your perfect scenario, rather than having another person to look after and another person as part of the entourage.

"In a perfect world if she would have Francisco and then a blend of a physio and a strength and conditioning coach."

 

[julesjules]

I only saw up to 5-3 second set. Emma played quite well, was in better form than yesterday. Babs was playing poorly though, a lot of errors. It appears Babs stepped up and Emma failed to close it out. She was two points from winning the match at 5-3 i believe and it would be a very different narrative. Cruel sport.

Regarding coaches impact, Petch might be the exception perhaps, in that his impact seemed immediate, though part of that may have been due to 10 days practicing with Vlado.

Main issue with Emma appears to be her physical health, not really able to go 100% it seems to me.

I think one of the reasons Petch had immediate impact was because he looked at the whole picture ...and addressed factors off the court. Vlado said he was shocked at how stressed she was.

So Petch was working with Jane to try and get Emma to switch off more from tennis when off court ..and was also encouraging more positivity and aggression on court. With a good team of 5 people around her there in Miami.

The decision to skip BJK seemed to have quite a lot of support from media and others at the time. But unfortunatley the competition is in the same time zone and not far away ..and as it actually came around there has been a bit of criticism and almost more pressure on her to justify her decision by doing reasonably well in Seoul.

The difficult draw brings pressure anyway ...but whereas Emma might well normally embrace this ...I think the BJK situation has brought some stress. And I am not sure Roig is as well equipped to deal with such a situation compared to Petch.

 

[zenga10]

She hasn’t had any physical issues this year. Her back problems are something she will have to deal with even after tennis. It is something like what @tennismomfan told us about themselves.

A back problem is a physical issue. That is the physical issue i was referring to and whatever her else physical issues were yesterday- presumed back problem but maybe something else too, because she seemed down and lacking in energy somewhat but we don't have all the facts.

 

[RossG01_]

It is a physical issue she doesn’t have control over. She can’t solve it with let’s say a surgery because it is genetic. She just has to manage as best as she can. She can’t just take a break and do a treatment hoping she would get rid of it.

A back problem is a physical issue. That is the physical issue i was referring to and whatever her else physical issues were yesterday- presumed back problem but maybe something else too, because she seemed down and lacking in energy somewhat but we don't have all the facts.

 

[varlums2]

But is Emma managing it the best she can?

Wouldn’t managing it be having someone with her everyday that can do their best so they can to get her in the right place for her matches and practices

 

[RossG01_]

But is Emma managing it the best she can?

Wouldn’t managing it be having someone with her everyday that can do their best so they can to get her in the right place for her matches and practices

When the last time she dealt with a back problem was in Strasbourg and it dragged through the grass season it means she is managing it. What do you want her to do? Stop playing? She may rely on tournament physios for massages. She had Jerome Poupel with her at the US Open he can’t be with her all the time probably. She doesn’t “need a squad of people to take of her body” as you said some time before. No doctor, physio, or physical will solve what is a physical issue. Emma said hypermobile and as @tennismomfan said about themselves they are hypermobile like Emma and hypermobility causes these type of problems and they are pretty random and unpredictable.

 

[zenga10]

It is a physical issue she doesn’t have control over. She can’t solve it with let’s say a surgery because it is genetic. She just has to manage as best as she can. She can’t just take a break and do a treatment hoping she would get rid of it.

Yes it is a physical issue that flares up and causes problems and she does get help to manage it, she has said so. She had Doctor Horsewhisperer with her at the USO, no doubt at great expense to her, to help her, so it must be possible to help the condition to calm down at least or she wouldn't have engaged him and others that she has engaged. Maybe she will never be able to get rid of the condition, but doctors like that guy can help so that she can play tennis at the highest level. At least that would be her hope.

I do worry though that if this continues to cause her problems, in spite of the help she can get, that she will not reach her potential she could have reached otherwise. I feel very sad for her atm, must have been a lot of tears after that match. But since we don't know much, maybe there is an explanation we don't know of and she be fine and get back out there- most of what we write about regarding this is conjecture.

 

[zenga10]

It is a physical issue she doesn’t have control over. She can’t solve it with let’s say a surgery because it is genetic. She just has to manage as best as she can. She can’t just take a break and do a treatment hoping she would get rid of it.

I never mentioned anything about Emma needing a break. I'm sure she knows best about that. I said I need a break, lol, it's quite exhausting.

 

[RossG01_]

Do you think she can solve a genetic issue? If yes and you have some long-term fix go communicate it to her. Do you believe that if she knew there was some long-term solution she wouldn’t apply it? She’s always had those back problems and since that’s the case she and her parents should now by now if there is a long-term fix for it.

Yes it is a physical issue that flares up and causes problems and she does get help to manage it, she has said so. She had Doctor Horsewhisperer with her at the USO, no doubt at great expense to her, to help her, so it must be possible to help the condition to calm down at least or she wouldn't have engaged him and others that she has engaged. Maybe she will never be able to get rid of the condition, but doctors like that guy can help so that she can play tennis at the highest level. At least that would be her hope.

I do worry though that if this continues to cause her problems, in spite of the help she can get, that she will not reach her potential she could have reached otherwise. I feel very sad for her atm, must have been a lot of tears after that match. But since we don't know much, maybe there is an explanation we don't know of and she be fine and get back out there- most of what we write about regarding this is conjecture.

 

[RossG01_]

Sometimes out of frustration over here you do come up with arguments almost assuming that Emma has a long-term fix for her back injuries that can make her rid herself of them but she willingly avoids it because she probably likes suffering.

 

[dontfollowtennis]

When the last time she dealt with a back problem was in Strasbourg and it dragged through the grass season it means she is managing it. What do you want her to do? Stop playing? She may rely on tournament physios for massages. She had Jerome Poupel with her at the US Open he can’t be with her all the time probably. She doesn’t “need a squad of people to take of her body” as you said some time before. No doctor, physio, or physical will solve what is a physical issue. Emma said hypermobile and as @tennismomfan said about themselves they are hypermobile like Emma and hypermobility causes these type of problems and they are pretty random and unpredictable.

This doesn’t justifies it, top players have physios/S&C coaches with them all the time to avoid getting injured and manage their bodies… it’s essential for how demanding this sport is, especially nowadays. Considering the amount of injuries she’s had on her career it’s insane for me (and others) that she doesn’t have a full time physio with her to take care of her body. It baffles me that she hasn’t established a team around her yet and honestly she should’ve done it years ago when she won a GS and had the resources for it but I get it that she was really young, inexperienced and IMG probably failed to guide her in the right direction. But now she’s had enough experience and heartbreaks to know that she needs it, even Petchey who knows her well for a long time and worked with her recently said it.
This year Amanda hired a full time physio for the first time in her career and also has a fitness coach and she’s seen the benefits of it, having her best results yet. If you want to be a top player you have to do what they do.

 

[varlums2]

Emma having a s&c/physio on tour isn’t suddenly going to make her back perfect, it’s to help her to be in the best possible condition she can be.

There’s nobody on tour that is looking after her body, the WTA physios are just doing their jobs get players in and out as they have so many to see.

Sabs, Iga and Coco aren’t popping into to see the local physio they have teams around them to take care of them.

It’s insane Emma hasn’t got a team around her, so many years in and it’s still amateurish.

 

[zenga10]

Do you think she can solve a genetic issue? If yes and you have some long-term fix go communicate it to her. Do you believe that if she knew there was some long-term solution she wouldn’t apply it? She’s always had those back problems and since that’s the case she and her parents should now by now if there is a long-term fix for it.

I wonder where it is that I said that Emma would be able to solve her physical issues and that I had the solution? You seem to be getting me mixed up with somebody else. You keep answering my posts as if I had written something different from what I did.

I don't know whether Emma can eradicate her physical issues. She has tried and says that for now she is trying to manage it. But if she can't keep it under control so she can play tennis as she needs to in order to be a top player then her hopes of being a top player are in doubt I would think.