9vicman wrote:

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Two Top 50 wins in straight sets. Hanging tough. It occurs to me that no British player has every match under the microscope like Emma does.

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 Since her US Open victory Emma has been held to an Impossibly high standard by the press. If she doesn't win a tournament every week it's regarded as failure and an outrage for her to still earn money from sponsorship deals.

Ironically since Murray's retirement Emma is the only British player they actually care about. Jodie just lost in Qualifying and R1 in successive weeks while Jack Draper smashed several racquets losing in the Davis Cup but still hobnobbed with celebrities at London Fashion Week afterwards. If Emma had done either she would have been crucified in the press but as they have otherwise no real interest in British Tennis there was barely a mention.

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Indeed that's a very good run of form in 5 of her last 6 tournaments. And I'm absolutely with you re her general form,  especially when fairly active.

To be fair, much pf what you guys say is true but I wouldn't say it applies to all the press / media. And there are fair questions still being asked like re the one of these 6 tournaments when she lost in R1 - the US Open no less, before which she took that inexplicably long break, and has shown again here how she can be rusty after a break but can build on things if she gets through a match ot two

adz1983 wrote:

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dodrade wrote:

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9vicman wrote:

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Two Top 50 wins in straight sets. Hanging tough. It occurs to me that no British player has every match under the microscope like Emma does.

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 Since her US Open victory Emma has been held to an Impossibly high standard by the press. If she doesn't win a tournament every week it's regarded as failure and a source of shame for her to still earn money from sponsorship deals.

Ironically since Murray's retirement Emma is the only British player they actually care about. Jodie just lost in Qualifying and R1 in successive weeks while Jack Draper smashed several racquets losing in the Davis Cup but still hobnobbed with celebrities at London Fashion Week afterwards. If Emma had done either she would have been crucified in the press but as they have otherwise no real interest in British Tennis there was barely a mention.

 

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 It's crazy really when you think about it. The pressure she must feel is unbelievable. The WTA don't help... she is the top 2 stories on their front page. In her last 6 tournaments she has reached 3 WTA500 QFs and counting, 1 WTA250 semi-final and 4th Round Wimbledon. These are excellent results for someone who was on the operating table last year and started 2024 ranked about 300. Which other 1-time grand slam winners have faced as much scrutiny as Emma? 

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 I'm not sure I completely agree with this. The media focus is precisely because she won the US Open and because she has so many ultra high-profile sponsorship deals

Obviously if she didn't have the mega fashion guru sponsors, if she wasn't such a 'public' figure - which is her choice - then there would be less focus. But she does, because of her choice. 

She has the money and the name to build herself a little enclave, you can't get all the accolades when things go well and then say people should leave her alone when things don't.

I think the most important thing for Emma is to have a solid coach in her corner - she's looked like a lost sheep some of the time in the past couple of years (nothing to do with injuries). I'm hoping that Nick can provide that. Because then Emma can do her thing - and a very impressive 'thing' it can be  

markymc1983 wrote:

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Is play cancelled for the day then?

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 Yes, it appears so. The order of play for tomorrow is showing all four quarter finals to be played, followed by the semi0finals.