British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

lol, I was a bit confused when I read that CD.

Thanks Julia for pointing it out.

Thanks for your take on it, CD, it's interesting CD what you say about Qinwen, I haven't seen her play, but you don't get WR5 without some consistency.

I guess it's all on Emma then, and if she can play this first strike tennis that the commies seem to be going on about, and be more consistent about it than she was yesterday. Assuming of course that Qinwen plays at that same level.

Emma is hitting some really great serves and forehands so far. Most aggressive I've seen her in a while. But Qinwen is also hitting the serve / ball well.

Neil Gee wrote:

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Annabel Croft thinks Emma can win this!

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 The bookies had Emma as slight favourite

Whos the dishy guy in Emmas box? An old friend?

wales1994 wrote:

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I get we all want Emma to win, but booing Zheng for changing her shoes after slipping several times feels really unfair.

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 The crowd probably thought that she could have changed earlier between games. She is thoroughly in charge here.

Even though it was 6-2, not a huge amount in it. Emma is playing well - striking some monster forehands, returning well. Just dropped off a little towards the end of the set, and Zheng won a series of very close games.

Emma has been clutching her back a little bit and grimacing at times. But then she was also beaming at her box after winning some points, so hard to tell how she's really feeling.

MTO for Radacanu. Looks like a back spasm. Although Qinwen is a different player from her performance yesterday.