[WanderingBear]

Just for the purpose of clarity: Emma will neither gain OR lose points here?

Unless there’s a last-minute agreement with the WTA, she will lose the points gained (240) from last year and gain none this year.

 

[WanderingBear]

Unfortunately, it is very improbable to see a last-minute agreement with ATP and WTA. Qualifiers have already started.

The good news is that despite loosing 240 points Emma may gain in ranking because others will lose more points. Depending on what other players do this week she may end up #10. More details in post #689 in Emma's WTA World Ranking Discussion Thread.

Yes I was surprised to learn that, taking the Wimbledon points issue out of the equation, the worst Emma will rank after the Championships is twelfth.

 

[WanderingBear]

Emma Raducanu returns to the practice courts ahead of Wimbledon

The US Open champion has spent the last two days sparring with her hitting partner, American pro Raymond Sarmiento, as she seeks to build up her workload following an injury layoff.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Emma Raducanu has raised hopes she will be fit to play Wimbledon by returning to practice at the All England Club.

The US Open champion has spent the last two days sparring with her hitting partner, American pro Raymond Sarmiento, as she seeks to build up her workload following an injury layoff.

Raducanu, who retired from her first-round match at the Nottingham Open two weeks ago, managed a couple of brief sessions late last week but is anxious not to aggravate the side strain she suffered there.

She pulled out of the WTA tournament in Birmingham and did not go ahead with plans to enter Eastbourne.

At best she will have only seven competitive games on grass going into Wimbledon, but is desperate to make the start line for The Championships.

Unless there is a major setback in the next 48 hours she is likely to wait until shortly before Friday morning’s draw before making a decision.

A more cautious report than I would have hoped for considering the smiley pictures from today. Dickson speculating it’s still possible Emma won’t be fit enough to play.

 

[WanderingBear]

A more cautious report than I would have hoped for considering the smiley pictures from today. Dickson speculating it’s still possible Emma won’t be fit enough to play.

But hey, he does say ‘hopes have been raised’ so that’s good at least.

 

[WanderingBear]

It's a newspaper. Whatever they say, unless they got direct information, it doesn't mean much, they will speculate the exact same way us Joe Schmoes do.

Dickson just wrote a book about Emma, you’d think he’d have sources close to her camp. How close they are is another matter.

 

[WanderingBear]

Naomi Broady on the BBC has said that Emma is in a similar position to Andy Murray right now, in that she's trying desperately to be fit for Wimbledon, but it's now a question of whether she'll be fit in time and it's just a case of 'fingers crossed' for her

She probably knows as much as we do about her fitness right now 🤷‍♂️

 

[WanderingBear]

See last page of Wimbledon’s Insta story for Emma training footage
http://instagr.am/p/CfFAH9BjncW/

 

[WanderingBear]

😍😍Emma seen serving! 😍😍

We know this was the key to establishing her fitness for Wimbledon. Appears this hurdle has been overcome?

 

[WanderingBear]

Great set of pics of her training session today

 

[WanderingBear]

Emma’s going to draw Serena… I just know it 😂

 

[WanderingBear]

I listened to the most recent Tennis Podcast and Catherine WHITAKER basically said she hopes Emma withdraws because she probably won't be fit enough to do well. I am almost certain that she'll play, but it's not encouraging if whatever intel they have is that pessimistic about her chances.

Let’s be frank: it’s unlikely Emma will go deep. But if she’s fit enough she should play. She would want to play. If anything to bank more experience for the future.

 

[WanderingBear]

The feeding info to the media that she isn’t fully fit could also just be tactical and they want to downplay expectations to help her handle the pressure so I don’t think we’ll fully know the state of her fitness.

Yes. I think this much is true.

 

[WanderingBear]

Yes. I think this much is true.

From the New Statesman article on Emma:

Before this year’s Wimbledon, the message from Raducanu’s team was clear: don’t expect too much. Iain Bates, the head of women’s tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association, told me: “She’s incredibly grounded, but we shouldn’t forget she’s only 19. She’s working hard to develop her game and establish herself on tour.”

 

[WanderingBear]

Did she really? I remember she was supportive to Emma in the past

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1508088955958280193

But she later clarified (in response to Kyrgios who defended Emma!):

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1508607848762290181

 

[WanderingBear]

“No pressure, Emma!” says HSBC… 🫠

 

[WanderingBear]

I apologise if I took your comment too literally, and came across as too confrontational: I didn’t mean to.

However, I am beginning to wonder who is part of this mythical team we’ve all be happily discussing. Emma has no permanent physio or trainer, but just borrows ones on an ad hoc basis; she has no permanent coach, but, seemingly, has recently enlisted Jane O’Donoghue, so: is she now ‘part of the team’? Then there’s IMG’s Chris Helliar: he’s clearly one of her team. But, is that it? Or are we including honorary members like Tim and Andy in her team? Or even her parents? However you look at: it seems a pretty small team…

We have a whole thread devoted to this topic:

Bombshell - Coaching, coaches and staff

I realised that Emma's coaching changes have been discussed across several threads and wanted a single thread that we could share about coaching issues and various feelings, opinions and speculations about them. One thing to note is because we may have strong opinions and feelings about this...

www.tennisforum.com

 

[WanderingBear]

I don't want someone like Williams or Andreescu or Qinwen Zheng. Give me a couple of pushers that Emma can dominate and dictate against.

The tennis gods have not been kind to Emma this year. So I bet she gets a tough draw. However, she deserves a bit of luck.

 

[WanderingBear]

The probability of her getting a tough or easy draw is completely independent from previous draws.

Why do you nitpick? Of course I don't mean literally... it was more a whimsical comment on the bad luck Emma has experienced this year.

 

[WanderingBear]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1540259816748244997

Will Keys even play? She retired yesterday at Eastbourne.