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HarryGem · Club Coach

Week 2 - WTA250 - Hobart, Australia Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Emma Raducane (GBR) WR29 [1] lost to Taylah Preston (AUS) WR204 [WC] 2-6 4-6

Taylah is having a good Aussie season - remember those matches with Katie Swan ? She was ranked 259 in September and has been picking up points ever since.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

HarryGem wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
Painful so far.
Not sure that says enough really. Very poor performance though her opponent played well. Bad result.

Yeah, youre right. I actually only watched the second half of the second set, the rest I gleaned from the live commentary on her player forum on TF. She looked gassed at the sit down when I first joined and I wondered if she was feeling ill.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

HarryGem wrote:
How likely is it there will be another change in coach this season if things don't improve?

Looked disinterested I thought. Her game is too lightweight to cope with someone hitting the ball as her opponent did today. Hard to see her winning another tournament at the moment. Maybe a 250 on grass might be the best chance.

On the face of it I felt sorry for Roig - must have been painful for him too.

Var · Futures level

Julia Carrot wrote:
HarryGem wrote:
How likely is it there will be another change in coach this season if things don't improve?

Looked disinterested I thought. Her game is too lightweight to cope with someone hitting the ball as her opponent did today. Hard to see her winning another tournament at the moment. Maybe a 250 on grass might be the best chance.
On the face of it I felt sorry for Roig - must have been painful for him too.

I agree. I think that it can be Emmas ploy to get rid of a coach sometimes. Maybe a bit harsh but doesnt bode well for her AO prospects, particularly as Sabalenka is most probably waiting in Round 3.

9vicman · Futures level

I love this forum at times. At one moment, Emma's winning her second title, the next she's getting rid of her coach!

Blue_Belle · County player

The comments on reddit are brutal re: this match. Here we are quite restrained and British!!

emmsie69 · Masters Series Champion

9vicman wrote:
I love this forum at times. At one moment, Emma's winning her second title, the next she's getting rid of her coach!

Honestly I think people forget these are human beings with individual personalities. Some people throw rackets and have tantrums, some mutter obscenities at their coaches and some just go into themselves.

Sometimes, shock horror, people just aren't in the mood and Tennis players are no different to anyone else going to work for the day. I have people at my work that just decide not to bother coming in if they're 'not in the mood for it'

9vicman · Futures level

I guess Emma winning a few rounds or just playing a bad match isn't as sexy.