British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

dodrade wrote:

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B00thy wrote:

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emmsie69 wrote:

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Ignore the clickbait headline this is a really interesting article about Emma

www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/raducanu-s-dad-believes-he-s-smarter-than-anybody-around-the-table/ar-AA1FqIUY

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 Thanks for sharing, it was very interesting .. more confirmative than informative. From what I've gathered from elsewhere the thing that some people might not get is that Tennis is not the be all and end all for Emma or her family, just what she is concentrating most of her energy on at the moment, before she goes up to Cambridge, and then onto other goals.

But while she is focussing on tennis, I believe she wants to absorb and analyse everything to maximise what she can learn about tennis, from an intellectual point of view, not just about a personal tennis performance point of view. I think what comes across to some people as ruthless is in reality might be more akin to relentlessness to learn, absorb and understand as much as possible.

What I find frustrating is that as a result of all the analysis she is not putting as much time into correcting her game following that analysis. She has some fundamental problems with her game, notably the service and drive volleys, and directing her play closer to tramlines, but she does not seem to be correcting them. Possibly because she's waiting for a significant moment to do that (otherwise she feels she will get worse before she gets better). I hope that's the case as paralysis by analysis uses up time, and a tennis player's career time is short (and hers I feel will be shorter because I believe she won't hang around once she's achieved what she wants).

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 I don't know why you would think that when she's said herself she expects to play into her thirties (as most pros do these days).

https://talksport.com/tennis/1071266/emma-raducanu-ash-barty-retirement-reaction-tennis/

 

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 She was 19 when she said that, things change and we learn more about ourselves. 

Coup Droit wrote:

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emmsie69 wrote:

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Ignore the clickbait headline this is a really interesting article about Emma

www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/raducanu-s-dad-believes-he-s-smarter-than-anybody-around-the-table/ar-AA1FqIUY

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Her father sounds a real problem 

 (for tennis, not for being a good dad) 

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 29th of May 2025 10:16:16 AM

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 Yes, I've thought that for a long time. He appears to have had far too much of a say in all her coaching changes. It's her career, not his, and he seems to overreach himself.

Hope he can continue to be a good Dad but play much less of a part in her tennis decision making, as she hopefully increasingly takes more control of her own career, while able to take on advice from whosoever she chooses to beyond her family ( to whom at times she may just have to say "no" ).

And I personally think she herself sees herself in tennis for a long time to come with remaining big ambitions.

Jimmy09 wrote:

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www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cj6rl3w82r8o

Is she ever not injured?

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 Hopefully just precautionary before the big one.

Although a very big fan of Emma, I have not been uncritical of some of her scheduling and absences.

But I do think, to be fair here, she has had big issues in the past such as her surgeries, and in recent times she's clearly had back problems, which is an area that can often be unpredictable and troublesome.

So I certainly give her slack for this. Take the week off, see how she feels prior to Eastbourne, but most importantly be as right as possible for Wimbledon.

Coup Droit wrote:

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Emma playing with Carlos Alcaraz in the US Open Mixed Doubles championships !

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 That partnership will run and run! Keyboard warriors on red alert!

The full entry list is as follows (listed in order of combined singles ranking):

Emma Navarro and Jannik Sinner
Qinwen Zheng and Jack Draper
Jessica Pegula and Tommy Paul
Jasmine Paolini and Lorenzo Musetti
Elena Rybakina and Taylor Fritz
Mirra Andreeva and Daniil Medvedev
Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe
Aryna Sabalenka and Grigor Dimitrov
Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud
Paula Badosa and Stefanos Tsitsipas
Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz
Belinda Bencic and Alexander Zverev
Olga Danilovic and Novak Djokovic
Taylor Townsend and Ben Shelton
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori
Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios

Seems there is time for others to enter and then they take the top 8 combined rankings entries and add 8 wildcards. Interestingly, no mens doubles specialists here at all, obviously the singles ranking entry scuppers that.

Players still have time to sign up before the July 28 cutoff, and there is no guarantee that the 16 teams announced Tuesday will actually be in the draw in New York. The top eight teams based on their combined singles ranking will automatically get into the field; the other eight pairings will receive wild cards determined by a USTA committee.

"Once there was an understanding of what the event was, [players] went and ran with it," said Eric Butorac, USTA senior director of player relations and business development. "They found their own partners -- whether it was a friendship, a countryman or some even teaming up with a partner that they have off the court."