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Dunbar871 said:
swisstoni said:
Sun doesn’t look like any ordinary qualifier. Just like ER wasn’t.
+1Sun punished any fluffy floated returns every time with clinical precision and power, which was many times.
Emma didn’t have her best game head on today, she didn’t seem to have the mental or game experience to adapt and overcome what was in front of her. Hopefully she will learn from this experience.
Emma didn’t have her best game head on today, she didn’t seem to have the mental or game experience to adapt and overcome what was in front of her. Hopefully she will learn from this experience.
type-r said:
It's too early to say Emma won't make it. What she needs to do is play tennis matches. Lots of them. Not dodge qualifiers because she can or because the tennis balls are too heavy and then take a RnR break. She certainly shouldn't be tired after playing a couple of tournaments and then disappearing for 6 weeks. She should be plying her trade. Too many bad decisions from her IMO but she seems to be turning a corner. She seemed a lot stronger than I've seen her previously at Wimbledon, playing with a smile, which helped her game. Let's see what she does in the next few months... and the rest of the year.
Exactly. She needs to build match fitness and learn more game craft so she doesn’t get beaten by qualies like she did today. And that means getting out on the US hard court season and playing lots of matches. Last week went well for her, today was poor. She needs to kick on and get stuck in. g4ry13 said:
That was painful to watch.
I give it <24 hours and the wrist / back excuse is out there in the media rather than being gracious in defeat.
BBC Sport headlines with "..out of Wimbledon after being hampered by a back injury.."I give it <24 hours and the wrist / back excuse is out there in the media rather than being gracious in defeat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport
adccl8z said:
g4ry13 said:
That was painful to watch.
I give it <24 hours and the wrist / back excuse is out there in the media rather than being gracious in defeat.
BBC Sport headlines with "..out of Wimbledon after being hampered by a back injury.."I give it <24 hours and the wrist / back excuse is out there in the media rather than being gracious in defeat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport
Wouldn’t put it past her.
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Miocene said:
Sun hit more winners in that match than any other female has in this year's competition so far, so credit where credits due for that, although you can clearly turn that around and say Raducanu gave her too many opportunities with floated and half court shots.
Yep, I was thinking along the same lines!! Emma definitely gave some soft returns - they were just nothing returns, short and slow.. Lulu just swatted them away.adccl8z said:
g4ry13 said:
That was painful to watch.
I give it <24 hours and the wrist / back excuse is out there in the media rather than being gracious in defeat.
BBC Sport headlines with "..out of Wimbledon after being hampered by a back injury.."I give it <24 hours and the wrist / back excuse is out there in the media rather than being gracious in defeat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport
Sun looked good but perhaps she was allowed to look good. Next round will tell us a lot.
mooseracer said:
Or she's completely useless and may as well stop playing.
Delete as appropriate depending just how British you are.
I'm actually torn for England at the moment, it's pretty much the first time they haven't been hyped all the time to be the best/going to win the tournament (ready to tear into them once they lose) so I'm actually a bit behind them because of that, but at the same time they're playing so poorly/boringly that I don't think they deserve to win!
Pretty much the only reason she is getting so much focus was one incredible tournament. Doing what Sun is doing now. So of course every time she has issues which are completely normal she gets slated. It might be she's too injury prone, or doesn't have the focus. But almost no one gets to the top of the game, let alone stays there.
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