Sofia

 

Lys is also out.

 

No big beewbs Don't tell me she's injured again.

 

She needs ranking points. The days of unlimited WCs are gone for her. I wish she’d play some of the WTA 125s but I know it’s beneath her.

 

she is top 60, AO MD entry secured so we may not see Emma on court till Auckland

 

First Hong Kong loses democracy and now this

#PrayForHongKong

 

Sonya
An equally great grand slam champion.

 

Please tell me when Raducanu made a second Grand Slam final and faced the best player in the world on that surface. Oh, that's right - she didn't.

 

Emma’s ‘schedule’ cannot even be considered wishful thinking(except for her really special fans). I would be shocked to see her play BJKC now.

 

Has the game for the Top 30 at least, but even Sloane in her 30s outdoes her for commitment to playing a regular schedule

 

This year proved that grass is by far her best surface.

And she didn’t really thrive in Asia.

 

nope. she simply got unlimited wcs on grass and cakewalk draws... Shibahara>snigur>Jones(and didn't even have to play!) then its' 250 SF. are you kidding me?

 

Raducanwhoooooo?

You can hate on Kenin but she out here week in week out losing lol but she is showing up staying the course until it clicks

 

You can hate on Kenin but she out here week in week out losing lol but she is showing up staying the course until it clicks

As an Emma fan, it is starting to bother me how irregularly she plays. She says she doesn’t want to over play, which is fair, but she isn’t getting any momentum going with these lengthy breaks she takes in the middle of the season. All of us here enjoy tennis the sport than we do any one player, so it’s hard to get excited about her prospects when she rarely plays and is often posting about off court activities. The Asian swing is understandable because she hurt her foot, but she was healthy during RG and the pre USO tournaments but just didn’t want to play Q.

 

 

I like Emma too. It just seems kind of pointless putting effort into being a fan of players like her, or say, Andreescu, for so very little return.

I guess I'm careful these days after spending so many years as a Del Potro fan

 

You can see how Del Potro could get injured with that frame, playing aggressive bo5. Emma not so much

 

Never expected her to show up anyway.

 

This year's Asia Swing is a complete flop for a neutral tennis fan. Snooze-fest from start to finish, with countless withdraws from the most popular players.

 

 

Anyway this year has been handled poorly by Emma in a number of ways. I'm not convinced by the "she got to top 60 still" type of comments since she got WCs to the highest level tournaments and had basically no points to defend most of the time. Skipping RG looked bad to begin with (especially after her Madrid performance where she looked like she couldn't care less about competing) but it looks even worse now she's picked up injuries.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if some of these injuries are due to under-playing. How is the body expected to hold up when it spends weeks at a time out of competition and in the perfectly controlled environment of the NTC. But I'm not a physio so that's just my arm chair take of course. The more likely reason is her body isn't made for professional sport.

 

Anyway this year has been handled poorly by Emma in a number of ways. I'm not convinced by the "she got to top 60 still" type of comments since she got WCs to the highest level tournaments and had basically no points to defend most of the time. Skipping RG looked bad to begin with (especially after her Madrid performance where she looked like she couldn't care less about competing) but it looks even worse now she's picked up injuries.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if some of these injuries are due to under-playing. How is the body expected to hold up when it spends weeks at a time out of competition and in the perfectly controlled environment of the NTC. But I'm not a physio so that's just my arm chair take of course. The more likely reason is her body isn't made for professional sport.

Raducanu could ease herself into playing weekly by dropping down to 125 or even ITF events, then return to the main tour once match sharp. But she won’t because she’s too stubborn. She believes it’s beneath her. Which also explains her reluctance to play qualies.

 

Too bad she couldn’t show us all how she « thrives in Asia »

hopefully she’ll still be able to « do damage in 2025 » …

 

 

Sensible decision from Emma as she takes time to heal.

 

It's so sad when players keep getting hit by the injury bug. Del Potro could have had a great career, but he couldn't stay healthy.

It's so sad when players keep getting hit by the injury bug. Del Potro could have had a great career, but he couldn't stay healthy.

Del Potro is a legend of the game despite his serious injury troubles. Your comparison is embarrassing.

 

I wasn't comparing Emma to Del Potro when it comes to their tennis playing only in that he had injury problems as does she. I think if not for the injuries Del Potro would have been right up there with Novak, Rafa, and Roger. I was a fan of his and hated all those injuries.

 

 

Her corporate PR speak is so tiresome.

If she could put as much spin on her groundstrokes as she does to her career, her career might actually live up to the spin.

 

I can't believe no one brought it up. But this is probably all about Raducanu's subconscious fear of playing Fernandez again.

 

Emma Raducanu should take care of her body and not give in to pressure. She is listening to her body right now and must not risk further injuries which can only prolong her tour absence. She should take as much time off as she should and then come back healthy.

 

Folks are laughing about injuries now - great. 👍
Classy as ever.

 

Lol......leaving aside that it seems you just made this up and I've seen no one here "laughing about injuries" to Raducanu, are you pretending to be offended at anyone joking about an athlete's minor injuries - real and imagined - acting as if anyone was ridiculing a cripple or burn victim.

 

Shes just a very frustrating player to stan. I now find it impossible. I thought she had the makings of a true wta star but i was wrong. Don’t really care where or when she plays next. I’m done.

 

I supported many frustrating players and teams in my life but I have to admit Emma is the most frustrating one. And the type of frustration is so peculiar that I cannot even find a comparable example in other sports...