Week 33 - WTA1000 - Cincinnati, USA Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 33 - WTA1000 - Cincinnati, USA Hard

Shhh · Challenger level

R1 Emma Raducanu (10) vs Serena Williams

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Shhh wrote:
R1 Emma Raducanu (10) vs Serena Williams

Now thatll be fun!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Oh dear.

wolf · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Oh dear.

Oh come on, that's a great match for Emma. One of the last chances she had to draw the legend, and Serena hardly at her peak powers.

flamingowings · All-time great

wolf wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Oh dear.
Oh come on, that's a great match for Emma. One of the last chances she had to draw the legend, and Serena hardly at her peak powers.

A) you just need to make Serena move (becuase she can't do that so much anymore and

B) it would have been so much worse if it was at the USO and Serena's true last match.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
wolf wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Oh dear.
Oh come on, that's a great match for Emma. One of the last chances she had to draw the legend, and Serena hardly at her peak powers.
A) you just need to make Serena move (becuase she can't do that so much anymore and
B) it would have been so much worse if it was at the USO and Serena's true last match.

Definitely ! One I might even watch !

indiana · Tennis legend

It may not be a classic but it sure will be interesting. And yes great to get to have played Serena.

Hopefully they can both find a decent standard.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R64: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) (10) 13 (CH=10 2022) v WILLIAMS, Serrna (USA) 612 (CH=1 2002)

-- Edited by Peter too on Wednesday 17th of August 2022 12:22:59 AM

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I haven't seen Serena playing recently, and have mixed feelings about this. It's a great opportunity for Emma to play the GOAT before she retires, but also I can't help thinking that Serena has the experience to beat her, especially as this is almost her last swan song.

Good luck to them both.

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Emma should try to emulate Jo when she played Serena in 2018.

Shhh · Challenger level

Helen40 wrote:
I haven't seen Serena playing recently, and have mixed feelings about this. It's a great opportunity for Emma to play the GOAT before she retires, but also I can't help thinking that Serena has the experience to beat her, especially as this is almost her last swan song.

Good luck to them both.

It is a wonderful opportunity to play a Great and would be lovely to share a court with her or even have a win against her on here record, no matter how near the end Serena may be. That said, we all know that a loss would look poor from Emma.

A win.....so what, Serena is at the end.

A loss.....the criticism bandwagon will certainly be gathering speed.

A wonderful opportunity but more to loose than win I feel.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Shhh wrote:
Helen40 wrote:
I haven't seen Serena playing recently, and have mixed feelings about this. It's a great opportunity for Emma to play the GOAT before she retires, but also I can't help thinking that Serena has the experience to beat her, especially as this is almost her last swan song.

Good luck to them both.
It is a wonderful opportunity to play a Great and would be lovely to share a court with her or even have a win against her on here record, no matter how near the end Serena may be. That said, we all know that a loss would look poor from Emma.

A win.....so what, Serena is at the end.
A loss.....the criticism bandwagon will certainly be gathering speed.

A wonderful opportunity but more to loose than win I feel.

All the attention will be on Serena rather than Emma though for once, a chance for the latter to play her best tennis again without pressure.

Rich2310 · County player

What an interesting match. Whatever the result least she gets to play Serena before she retires.
I think Emma will be up for this and win the match.

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Peter too wrote:
Q1: DART, Harriet (GBR) 86 (CH=84 2022) v POTAPOVA, Anastasia ( ) (4) 48 =CH

-- Edited by Peter too on Friday 12th of August 2022 09:37:38 PM

Harriet has lost the first set 6-2. Potapova won junior Wimbledon in 2016,

-- Edited by GAMEOVER on Saturday 13th of August 2022 03:09:12 PM