What Happened To Emma Raducanu? 

She won without dropping a set and didn't choke so the media hyped her as the next great star.

@@jonfreeman9682 Yes, but how could the media not hype her considering the circumstances?

That is just a good example that, relatively said, anyone of top 100 can play the highest level of tennis but then the question "for how long" comes and here the answer looks to be 1 tournament. That's why Tennis is so GREAT sport

tbh, it wasn’t her fault, she did give credit to Leylah for having the tougher draw, it’s not as if she claimed she was a new tennis superstar, it’s the British fans and media who exaggerated her win.

@@jeffvanderwerf3391 the key is the player has to filter out the BS media. She had a favorable draw for sure. Leyla Fernandez was in the final. Both are struggling. Many approach the top. Few get there and fewer remain. It's easier to win as the unknown. Her team should have warned her about the shark motivated media. Maybe the original coach did and got the pink slip. My guess is the parents saw the $$$ and showed her that commercial path. She may not be in this for the long haul. Is she truly motivated? Is she a true warrior? My gut says no way. Looks to me the road to get to being USO champ was a long difficult journey for the family and that climb has just begun if she wants to remain at the top. It's human nature to let up after the money grab. I don't fault her but I just think she doesn't have the drive to grind out a living on the tour. I saw Leyla after the French doubles final so sad and crying. I really like her. I love her game too but she is not cut out for this day in and day out. It's a grind. Maybe neither have the killer instinct. There must be other ways to make a living and both of these girls are so young and have quite the head start. I wish both of them well but Emma needs to commit to this LIFE or not. If she were my daughter I'd tell her invest the money and turn the page. Start a life she wants. Seeing Venus playing is insulting to the game and getting a wild card ridiculous to Wimbledon. It shows how psychotic even a 44 year can be. And as much as I love Novak to be as great as he is you gotta be a bit psychotic. Emma got a nice pay day and doesn't have any student debt so she's ahead of the game compared to other people her age who face a lifetime of student debt and job uncertainty. Go buy some high end Income Producing Real Estate and live off the income and do volunteer work. Who in their right mind would want to be 44 begging to play in tournaments?

Success requires time and patience.

Same thing happened with Genie "Back in the Bottle" Bouchard.

@@l.rongardner2150 who..?

​​@@l.rongardner2150 Who the f#*k is that?

@@l.rongardner2150 You insult both players. Both have great ability.

No one is criticizing her for accepting endorsements, Serena got them, Martina Hingis got them, Sharapova got them, but they all proved that they were worth the endorsements. How do you get endorsements and you literally fall off the map??? The problem is she didn't have a good enough team around her to prepare her for the fame and fortune and now she doesn't look like a decent player let alone a former grand slam champ.

She's like the Pogba of the tennis world. All show and no substance

​​@@brettpilkington9539 Your 😂 are you a 🤡 are you referring to the same Paul pogba who can speak four languages and won the world cup hmm 😮😮😂

​@@brettpilkington9539She's literally a one hit wonder, hasn't even won a WTA tournament but can win a grand slam with mid difficulty at best. Hingis and serena were showing unbelievable potential before they won the grand slams. She's 21 and she's had more injuries and coach changes than most would have in 10 years, those are ment to be her prime years. Selles and Hingis from 16 to like 21 were awesome.

But she let them take over her career

Ooh that's interesting! Had no idea, thanks for sharing!

Which major players did not show up?

Not to mention the fact her opponent in the final had beaten the only decent ones in it

Don't know about your first point (ball design), but I 100% agree with your second point; it was precisely my assessment after all the hype she was getting (especially from people who don't really watch the game). It was a series of fortuitous events (in terms of her pairings for all the rounds). Yes she met a few good players but it just so happened they played surprisingly badly against her. She's not a bad player at all but the quality of her play is not Grand Slam Champion worthy (for now at least). I wish her the best though, she does have some potential.

it's not even that the major players didn't show up. top players weren't playing or training as they used to, and professional athletes will attest that even the slightest drop in training intensity results in drastic drops in their playing level. The silly british press didn't help either, projecting she'll earn billions in her career just after ONE fluke slam win. she can't even win ITF events now

Obviously there are "many good and exceptional players in the field of tennis." Real champs rise above them.

Rodrigo Balibalita - Agree, when she got walloped by Rybakina 6-0, 6-1, it was like watching an adult playing a schoolgirl. How she managed to win the US is a total mystery.

@@richardmacey3619 We could ask the same question of Leylah Fernandez. Her record since playing in that final is similar.

It's like the weather, always changing

Worth remembering that Raducanu has never even won a single set off a Top-10 ranked player.

@Kyzzeh When I checked her age… I didn’t know she was only just 20. Jeez there’s a lot of pressure on the younger generation. She’ll have plenty of time to fight back

Never happened….

Obviously being labelled a ‘kid’ at the age of already 20 is the real problem. No one thought it was a problem for the 17 year old Wimbledon winner Boris Becker and the 17 tear old Steffi Graf winning 1 week before her 18th birthday the French open! I think the huge amount of money that is thrown nowadays on sports icons is very detrimental to them.

@@selini52 But 20 is just a kid. SHE'S NOT OLD! There are more years to go here given how long we're gonna live. Are we saying she should retire at 20? Do we understand life?

@@selini52 you will eventually get old and understand what do we mean by calling 20 a kid

Those brands are making millions off her image. Why would they regret it? LOL

@@orchidpanda2253making millions of an image of a world 300? 😂😂😂

they don't tell you the players destroyed by the coaches.

For real, she has to kick them out at one point

Yep, that is a part of it. Tennis is such a mental game, and for whatever reason that coach helped her stay in a state of mind that helped her win. But she decided that because she had become a big star she needed a more renowned coach. Don't mess with success.

@@PaulWolfe1 It's hard to find a good coach. Andre might help her win US Open, but it doesn't mean he is a good coach. In an interview Emma said the she kept switching coaches either because they pushed her too hard to the point of injuries or just saw her as a piggy bank. Her winning was more inportant than her health, mental or physical. If she was sattispied with her first coachs tchniques I doubt she would fire him for new one.

​@@PaulWolfe1The truth is that Emma was young and her body was not prepared for the rigours of the tennis tour .It was inevitable that she would have multiple injuries and be unable to play. She is an intelligent young lady and if I was her I would forget the tennis and take up the place offered to her at Cambridge University .

Andrew* hehe

Her friends said she parties very hard. She drinks a whole bottle of cognac like nothing.

I am really surprised and find that very hard to believe.

Definitely the competition is reaching insane levels right now. Emma will have her hands full making deep runs into future WTA1000s and Slams. Only time will tell...

@@vanhunks two year time already told Emma made deep runs away because of fake injuries and excuses because other players kept shoving bagels and breadsticks down her throat, and she could swallow them anymore.

The talent in women / girl section is hard to believe For a moment one thinks this player has come to stay but no It is far more competitive than men for reasons I can't fathom

Good point. That is the problem with arriving ahead of schedule. Remember the All-England club gave her a wild card that she did not deserve. She parlayed that into stardom and earned enough money to finance her trip to New York. Everything fell her way in an off year (Covid, things still funky). She reached the final without having to defeat anyone in the Top 20. So she didn't get that hard climb that helps to develop character and physical toughness. She wasn't ready for what was coming. She is still so young that she can recover. But she has to want it and when you have that much money and little life experience, it might be hard to want it enough to work extra hard.

Well, tennis needs resilience, pretty face, nice body, why do it the hard way😅

Shes 21...female tennis that's prime. Anything after 18 usually to 25/26.

Oh yeah I forgot about her. She exploded onto the scene then kinda disappeared. Anna did win a Grand Slam though. Other great players who fell short are Eugenie Bouchard and Sabine Lisicki who both made Wimbledon finals but then disappeared. That's why if you get the chance to be in Grand Slam finals you must win it because you'll never get another chance again.

Anna actually was world #1 at one point though

So many 1 GS winner women, lots still playing and have never achieved it again. The womens game just isn't as consistent as the men due to 3 sets and the all out attack style of game. It's quite common for a woman to get one lucky run, win a slam but never manage it again. For Emma she also seems very genetically fragile so she was even luckier that she managed that run without her body breaking.

She went to two Slam finals and stayed in the Top 10 before several injuries. I don't see these as the same.

⁠@@NamesAreRandom - There are also male players with 1-Grand Slam titles. There is nothing wrong with that. Not everyone can be Djokovic or Serena Williams and win multiple Grand Slams. ATP is also inconsistent honestly. That’s just the nature of tennis. All players in WTA and ATP are becoming too good. On the men’s side, Fritz, FAA, Coric, Thiem, Zverev, Rune, etc will win then lose but they can also be consistent in terms of qualifying for big matches. Women’s side, Sabalenka, Pegula, Gauff, Rybakina, Swaitek, Jabeur, are all very consistent in terms of qualifying for quarters and semifinals. Then you have players such as Sakkari, Kenin, and Garcia who are inconsistent but Garcia is a good player having won 3 Masters 1000 tournaments (I think?) and the 2022 WTA finals. On the men’s side, you have inconsistent players like Fritz and Rune who won ATP-1000 titles but lose here and there. Even Tiafoe, male player can be inconsistent. So, WTA isn’t the only inconsistent one because ATP also has inconsistent players. Unless you’re Djokovic, Iga, Carlos, Coco, Sybalenka, Rybakina, and a few others who are consistent then we all can argue “inconsistent” all day. But at the end of the day, these male and female players try their best. Sometimes injuries can lead to inconsistent results.

Fast rise fast crash

It happens and keep in mind she is a Grand Slam winner. Many players fall short. Like Sabine Lisicki and Eugenie Bouchard both made Wimbledon finals but never got a taste of that success again. Emma actually has a Grand Slam.

She should look another aproach, she can be really fast and quick, but shes not exhuberant physically like Rybakina, Osaka, Swiatek or Sabalenka, she needs to develop.variety, i see her more like a potential "modern Martina hingis" i'm her style of play, but of shes going for strenght and power she Will Lost what Made her special in the first place

@@jonfreeman9682 yep, getting that far is phenomenal

@@jonfreeman9682 Worth remembering that Raducanu has never even won a single set off a Top-10 ranked player.

@@huzcer During her US Open run to a Grand Slam didn't she have to face any top 10? Or did she get a lucky draw? If I recall she didn't even lose a set.

Would not be surprised if she tested positive. Politics is trendy.

Agreed

She's constantly injured and has just had multiple surgeries. None of this matters. Andreescu was legit top tier, won a Slam and now her career is mostly over also due to injuries. She still has good talent but clearly not the same player she was as in 2019.

@@MalphasMikaelson talent isn't the issue. her lack of tennis intelligence is.

@@albertlwj I was talking about Andreescu but honestly Tennis intelligence is not a thing in WTA period. They all play like complete morons, just attack the second serve as much as possible, got for winners constantly so you get these matches where they could win the first set 6-1 and lose the second set 1-6. There's no game plan, no tactics nothing from any of them.

I agree with your thoughts. However I wonder how much parental indifference has influenced the turnover of coaches.

Emma is paying a lot more "glitz and glamour" tax money than her total tennis prize money. She is enjoying life. You are only young once. Obviously Emma has a loving family.

@@blue-xb1cq And? You're comment is completely left field and irrelevant.

Not a bad idea. Coco Gauff plays a lot of doubles. It could only help her game. But I honestly don't think she has the physical disposition to rise back to the top. Maybe she'll prove me wrong....

@@stonew1927 -that's what you think. And Emma will do as she pleases. She is going to China for example - the enemy of the uk! Then again, Musk is in China now.

Playing more doubles is a really good idea.

She is not pretty enough to be a real model nor good enough tennis player. She focused on the modeling, bad choice.

And they even used lighter tennis balls for women at the USO - probably suited her better.

Jesus you are speaking as if they are two players nearing retirement, Leylah is only 21 this year and have so many years ahead of her to win a major, will definitely revisit this comment within 5 years time just to laugh at your face.

Um, Fernandez is now #43, showing little chance of significantly increasing that number; and Raducanu is #280. And new and hot players emerge every day on tour. BTW...don't waste your time sitting by your computer waiting for those 5 years. @@patradingjournal

​@@patradingjournalYou will never see these players in a final again.

That is absolutely false. You don’t win it all at age 17 without being a prodigy and hard worker. She is only 20 now. There is ups and downs. She can definitely come back. You are just a hater.

Agreed...kind of looks like it haha

greed

10 of them within 3 weeks.

Yes

Yea, I don't ever see her sniffing another GS. The stars aligned for her on that one. She hasn't even gone deep in another tournament since, or before, for that matter.

Well a one slam wonder is still better than no slam.

@@jonfreeman9682 True 👍

Sport medicine does not help nor cure fake injuries

Leylah F is still competing and earned millions last year from prizes and endorsements.

@@rogeliop.hernandez6720 she's not winning anything though, is she?

Rybakina is the real deal though

Except this new wave of players like Swiatek, Sabalenka, Rybakina are doing great

@@andrewbrennan4311 She is the real deal, classy effortless power, Swiatek must be so relieved she's had to pull out of Roland Garros.

Ana Kournikova..lol

It was more to do with Covid no top players.

no. 1 Ash Barty no. 2 Sabalenka 3. Osaka 4. Pliskova and so on were all present and playing during that US Open soooooooo...... do you mean the top players from basketball?

All credit to Novak for overcoming hardships in his youth... war is horrendous, but exactly how poor was he? I know that's the story we're told - but does anybody know specifics? Did he grow up in a shack, like people in Brazil or Haiti? Anybody? Bueller?

@@orchidpanda2253 Check out Novaks fathers wiki page he borrowed money from anyone he could looked for sponsorship everywhere ,eventually secured loans at huge rates of interest everything the family had was put in to young Novaks tennis his brothers probably went hungry at times, if he failed as so many brilliant junior players do his family would have been ruined thats why his personality was so cocky but likeable when he was just arriving on the scene it was a strategy to attract sponsorship and get some money before the big prize money could be won on the court. Believe me you can hype yourself up in this game just look at Donald Young his parents billed him as a male Serena. I heard Novaks Mum say to the media once that his brothers gave up their childhoods so Novak could have his dream I mean they supported him completely but also they looked to him to lift them out of the poverty and debt they were stuck in. I saw a Davis Cup match in 2005 and heard that Novak was offered huge sums of money and extensive sponsorship and coaching support if he would switch to British citizenship and represent Britian in team competitions but at this point it was obvious he wad going to be the next great player yes its an interesting thought if he was born in a slum in South America but and he is a brilliant athlete who would have been playing soccer on the steets with other kids but if got his hands on a tennis racket and some tennis balls a handful of times he would have stood out and probably got regional support and his drive to play and compete in tennis was enormous.

What coach who made her? The one who was with her for like 5 weeks? Do some research.

Federer also ditched his coach after winning his first slam in 2003... is he also disrespectful and arrogant?

Emma was on earth like the other players too - maybe she was not at her best too

@blue-xb1cq her opponent in the finals didn't have a name too,.

Going back to ITF, then she would be on top.

​@@sciencekid7565 I'm going to push back just slightly and ask how that works?

The biggest problem she has right now is that her body is not durable. If she keeps getting injured, she could have Lendl coaching her and it will not help one bit. The news always mentions the coaches she fires, what does not get coverage is the fact that not many reputable coaches even want to entertain an interview with her team. Not all of that is her fault but that is the reality she is facing.

@@robertingersoll3039 interesting. Is it safe to say that you think she needs a new team? Or at least start demanding that her current team operate better? As for her body and its durability, it might be hard for her to make it sufficiently durable now. I theorize that unless you have trained and grown up playing very physically, it will be harder to gain a body that will be sufficiently durable to withstand the kind of performances she'll need to put on to stay at the very top. My guess? She'd have to give up a good amount of modeling and advertising and other side gigs to do so.

@@JiraiyaSama86 She will certainly need to consider revamping her team, at least parts of it. Is she comfortable doing it? That's hard to say. Regarding her durability, this is a more serious concern. As you say, the nutrition will help her, but she has to have the best physical fitness team on the payroll, and the willingness to put in the work. She will have to have the discipline of a monk.

you know nothing

@@moaningpheromones well takes one to know one.

Her coach at UO had only been with her for 5 weeks... It's not like he was with her for 5 years grooming her. Nobody does any research

no. being a top end athletes demands consistency and constantly working on your game.. Its hard enough to make it to the top.. and its like even harder to stay up there.. Watch any documentaries on atheletes trying to stay ahead.. I just saw a discussion between elite shooters within the NBA.. they are constantly practicing for scenarios that happen like

To be the best you need raw talent, but after that you cut yourself off from the media and outside world. You live in a world a bubble of sacrifice . Emma never did she courted and still courts the media, said this from day one.

So sad that this was viewed as an imperfection 😢

That's interesting that you bring that up. I'll have to observe and analyze. Perhaps, in terms of technique, it's a coordination problem. I should know a little about that since I learned how I was engaging the wrong muscles. It's through resistance training and other exercises that I "awakened" certain muscles, if that makes sense.

Maybe Emma is just trying to find the right team.

Interesting observation.

She’s left another coach

@@ianbarrett4166 That figures

You can make changes in life and still be grateful. In fact, that's probably a good route to take when things aren't working out. Life is about changes. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. You live and learn . . .

do your research before mouthing off. Emma was with Richardson for 9 weeks and on a short-term contract. He didn't carry her in his womb for 9 months.

Exactly

That's the modern world we live in now, it's much easier to point the finger than look in the mirror.

Covid helped her winning Covid trophy.

Wta... Not women's ATP ." Women's tennis association".

Look at Emma’s huge sideburns. She belongs to ATP

Class always rises to the top, Elena Rybakina has it in spades, elegant,effortless power, she's going to be aforce on grass or hard courts.

@@richardmacey3619 Iga Swiatek is fierce too. I just recently started learning of her

Silly comparison because most of those players she beat were ranked much higher than her, in the case of Vondrosova,this year's Wimbledon champion,WAY higher because Emma was the last person to beat her at Wimbledon ranked 330 as a wildcard!😅😂

@@eyeofthetiger6002 what silly comparison? Bare facts. 0 wins against top10. Yep she won against vondrusova 2 years before grand slam, that makes Emma great player today.

@@nergalesyou're missing the point,if Emma of two years ago can beat the future Wimbledon champion while only still fresh out of school and ranked 330,are you seriously suggesting she can't beat a top 10 player now with all her wrist and ankle injuries sorted out now hopefully after her surgery and now a Slam champion herself? I suggest you hold your horses and wait till next year, you will see the wins and titles start coming in.

​@@eyeofthetiger6002 o wins against top 10 - fact. One day she can beat someone from top10 posibility. For example C. Garcia is losing game after game (just like Emma after US). Leylah before the US final had 3 setters with Sabalenka no2, Osaka no3, Svitolina no5, Kerber no16. Ostapenko and Andreescu were not so hyped even tough they won against: Halep and S. Williams in their finals. wonder why? I heard about waitling till next year, one year ago. I will catch u up in 2025. 0 WTA500, 0WTA1000, 0 GS is my bet.

@@nergales Leylah beat all those top 10 players and yet when it comes to the crunch she couldn't beat Emma,I think you got your answer right there!🤣😂😂 Btw, Leylah has played Emma twice and has lost twice.🤣 Beating a top 10 player is not the ultimate accolade,but winning a Slam definitely is. Btw, Emma was also the youngest ever winner of an ITF under-18 title at just 13yo!

I'd add that she's probably the only winner of a Major that may not even qualify for admission into another.

I totally agree with your rext

How can you say she had easy draws? She played Sakkari, Bencic, Rogers, etc and won as a qualifier. She didn’t even drop a set and you say that it was a dream draw. Sure, the media was a big part of her illnesses, but it would be ridiculous to say she doesn’t love tennis.

What nonsense.

@@sarah-dq5rl yeah those are dream players to have as opponents compared to Swiatek, Jabeur, Sabalenka and Rybakina

Ash Barty started on the circuit when she was 15 and had quite a lot of success - particularly in doubles (runner up in 3 grand slams). She took time off at (I think 18 years old) and played cricket for a few years. Came back and climbed steadily to #1 in the world and holding that ranking for a record duration. It's not about age - it's about mental strength, emotional grounding and discipline (along with natural talent, hard work and good coaching and support).

@@mahlonrhoades4509 not all the persons manage the emotions in the same way. A young girl can’t manage properly the pressure. Not only in sport.

18 not a kid

@@Legend-gv2nx 18 is a kid… you can’t manage that pressure.

At 21 the clock is ticking.

She is the 2nd version of Melanie Oudin. G’ byeee Ms. Excuse Ridiculous.

Vindictive, offensive, and ill informed comment.

it's the goats who are abnormal .

And she will hoist trophies once again. How many people get to live out an experience like that? Winning the U.S. Open in front of the world at 19 y/o, or any age for that matter. WTA is much less interesting without Andreescu.

You have to be a raw gifted talent in any sport. There are no real out and out decent players in the womens game at present. If you have a lucky day lucky draw anyone can win a major. The mens will be much the same soon, but that Spanish kid is a fantastic talent,. Not only a major winner, but has won other tournaments only 19 years old I believe or around that age.

Thay’s why Emma has fake surgery news to avoid swallowing bagels & breadsticks.