Emma Raducanu vs Diane Parry 3rd Set Tiebreak @ Billie Jean King Cup 2024 Qualifiers 

She certainly displayed a champion's mindset and skills that could win her some big titles in the future.

let's go get that porsche emma! 💪

@@erinhwang6389 Thanks for commenting. If Emma can win Stuttgart, that will be a big, big feather in her cap. 8 of the top 10 are playing there. I think Emma will beat Kerber in the 1st round and she's capable of beating Noskova or Ostapenko (#8), but if she does that,she will have to beat Iga (#1) in the quarters. That match I would love to see. Emma was competitive in a loss to Iga in their first matchup here in 2022. Iga will rightfully be the favorite but Emma, if she gets to the quarters, has the game to beat Iga. If she can beat Swiatek, it doesn't matter how she'll fare against, probably, Rybakina (#4) in the semis. or either Sabalenka or Gauff in the final. Beating Iga alone in this tournament would be a resounding statement that she is back to her US Open level.

Anne Keothavong certainly also deserves credit for this win.

@@tennisobserver995 Agreed!

Was worried for her after the match points missed tbh. But she showed her mental strength at the end. The steely look in her eye at end reminded me of tiger woods in his prime

@@andyo570 She was so in the zone no-one was going to beat her. The other players need to learn to have this mental toughness like her.

@@andyo570 at that point, she was just running low on energy because she still doesn't have match fitness due to few matches played. That was why her shots were getting shorter and lacked penetration which gave Parry opportunities to attack. That match tiebreak was mostly just pure iron will from Emma channeling all the energy she still has to win.

I believe all she really needs is to improve her match fitness and serve. If she can attain that I don't see any reason why she can't become a top 10 player.

Thanks for the thumbs up.

She certainly has improved with every match that she plays. Her confidence in her body and her game has also noticeably upped by leaps and bounds.

Thanks for your comment. If Emma can be competitive with the top players that would be a much needed boost to the WTA tour because of the interest that she generates not only from her fans but also from her haters.

She steeled herself and shut off the noise from the partisan French crowd which is why she was thinking very clearly.

Absolutely. She was totally in the zone, she was cold in that breaker, almost brutal in the way she finished the match.

Who's Parry?

​@@user-be1hg2oh2u- a very capable 21 year old. The reason why the French coach had Garcia preparing for the doubles instead of playing Katie.

@@firstlast-pt5pp Thanks for your comment. Diane Parry is indeed a very talented young French player, one of the very few who employs a one-handed backhand. She could very well have won this match and the tie for France but she just played against a very determined Emma Raducanu who was in her finest form since her US Open win.

Happy for you and the legions of Emma faithful.

Certainly a great win and encouraging signs for the clay season.

Thanks for participating in this section. I know you're a big Iga fan who also appreciates great qualities of other players.

And her refusal to be distracted by exuberant spectators or upset by booing and bad line calls. She gets in the zone.

@@guyshirra824 yeah, she has that ability to shut off all the noise and distractions and completely focus on the task at hand.

@@guyshirra824 there was, I think, a couple of bad calls in the 1st set. One was apparently an out at the deuce court side line which was not called.

That's what makes this a historic win for UK tennis. Thanks for your comment.

This is actually a great win because if she lost this match, Great Britain would have lost the tie. No way are Watson and Dart beating Garcia and Mladenovic in the deciding doubles match if it got to that.

The sight of a smiling Emma Raducanu is surely a treat for her fans. Thanks for participating in this section.

Thanks for your comment. I think Emma will play even better than this as she plays more and more matches this season. Emma wouldn't have needed this tiebreak if she didn't get tired while serving for the set.

Thanks for participating in this section.

You echo the sentiments of thousands of her admirers. Thanks for posting in this section.

Thanks for posting a comment in this section. This was a really magnificent win not only for Emma but also for UK tennis.

Absolutely she / we pulled out all the stops and it made my day / weekend / month / year. Team Gb were magnificent and, thankfully, no doubles required!

@@garethbramley1 Congrats to you and all GB tennis fans! You're right to be relieved team GB did not have to play doubles because team France strategy obviously allowed that Emma might beat Parry with the tennis she displayed vs Garcia. That's why they moved Garcia to the doubles 30 minutes before the scheduled time instead of the original setup of having her play the reverse singles. Obviously their thinking was that if Garcia plays Boulter, Garcia will likely win, but if Emma were to beat Parry, Burel had to be paired with Mladenovic who has never played doubles with her before and that would complicate matters. They also thought Burel would beat Boulter because of how Boulter fared against Parry. It was Emma's win vs Garcia which mucked up team France's strategy.

Yes indeed. We stuffed them as they were sure to have won any doubles match as out doubles team is weak (no sign of Bartlett & Nichols who had helped us in previous tied). Thanks for the congratulations. France were one of the strongest teams and they are OUT!

That's some statement for a tennis fan. Thanks for particpating in this thread.

No, Billie Jean King is a women’s tennis player from the 70s, and an icon of the sport. She helped found the WTA.

​@@ReTracerno offense intended, @yajilobay obviously knows who Billie Jean King is.

Obviously the Michael Jackson song "Billie Jean" does not have any connection with Billie Jean King the tennis icon. The girl in the song was just a pretty girl who claimed Michael was the father of her kid. Thanks for commenting.

@@tennisobserver995 thank you for your comment😀

@@yajilobay pleasure.

Thanks for your comment. I believe Emma Raducanu with improvements to be made on her serve will become a top 10 player in a few years

"accidental"? Have a look at Emma's UE,DF and winners stats for the USO 2021

@@tennisobserver995 Życzę jej powodzenia, ponieważ to sympatyczna dziewczyna.

@@stanisawmistarz2848 thanks for your positive comment. Really nice to have an Iga fan who can also appreciate other players.

EMMA also fought an equal duel with the 28 best WTA classification 24hrs earlier not bad for the WTA 302 classification !!

No coordination, very strange considering they are athletes. Put Shirley Ballas on the team.

Thanks for posting a comment.

@@legend9335 maybe too much adrenaline flowing from the win, and also maybe because it's the first time they had to celebrate a win as a team?

@tennisobserver995 It was a tongue in cheek joke. If you took it seriously you must be female. Another tongue in cheek joke.

You're obviously a critical but intelligent tennis fan, not a blind Iga fan or a hater. You're my type of tennis fan, just being honest. The BJKC is an ITF tournament because it is an Inter-Nation tournament and outside of the confines of the WTA, not just another tier 2 tournament. Emma's US Open win is her only WTA tour title to date, but I have no doubt that she will win many titles in her career as long as she is healthy because she is very talented.

A prime example of dressing up information and presenting it as knowledge - ie how to miss seeing the wood for the trees - . I mean, to state that the WTA Open USA win is the ONLY major tournament Emma has won in her career ….!!!! Just think about the incongruesness of that statement in the overall context of her career to date and Tennis History making for a moment …….it was ONLY her 2 nd gram slam event ever ( her 1st being Wimbledon that year where she reached the 4th round ) straight from school at age 18, from qualifiying, not losing a single set, not being pushed to a tie break in all 10 matches etc etc etc . How many Tennis players at the end of their careers would love to be able to say , i ONLY won 1 Grand slam tournament? But of course 99.9% of them never will be able to say that will they ? Duh

@@tennisobserver995 Crtical ? Yes. Intelligent ? No

@@philc6331 👍👍

You're entitled to your own opinion. However, I respectfully beg to differ. The Billy Jean King Cup is not a tiny tournament by any means. There is so much national pride involved in this tournament and the players usually perform way beyond their ranking when they carry the hopes of their country. It is the only one of its kind in women's tennis. Nothing really tiny about that.

WTF ?? All the relevant countries participate, every player from NO.1 down want to represent their country for free (no ranking points or prize money) and a worldwide audience !! You sure nobody gives a 'shizz' ?? The fact you are here watching videos and making idiotic comments tells me you give a 'shizz' !!