Despite her prolonged tournament 12 months later, Raducanu made things seem easy, showing few symptoms of fatigue and helped no one live with her strength long enough to make her sweat a lot: she didn’t let a single set pass.
It is surreal to think that, in a tournament hampered by Covid, which meant reduced capacity, their first 3 consecutive wins were played against a total giant of tied bettors. Honestly, it is unlikely that many came to see Raducanu. take on Bibiane Schoofs, the 33-year-old Dutchwoman who has never exceeded 142 in the world.
In a taste that would soon be familiar, Raducanu destroyed it, winning by losing only 3 games. He only faced a break point, which he saved, and was back in the locker room after only 61 minutes. When a forehand from Schoofs flew for a long time, there wasn’t much celebration. We had a feeling that this was just the beginning.
There was a bit more of a birthday party when Raducanu fired Mariam Bolkvadze of Georgia, the left-hander who even deigned to break the British player’s serve on one occasion, but without the crowd present, she looked hollow. round victory over Sara Sorribes Tormo, a one-sided defeat in which she lost only one match, which the New York crowd began to realize they were witnessing something special.
A good number of them saw her send the Spaniard back to Court 17 that day; it was probably the last time a seat for a Raducanu was easy to find. It was almost as fast: Shelby Rogers, Belinda Bencic and Maria Sakkari. It’s like a dream.
Probably the closest thing to a wobble happened with the trophy almost at a contact distance: with an hour and 43 minutes of the final beyond and serving for the attack on Leylah Fernandez, Raducanu scraped his knee enough for blood to run down his leg. As a rule, she had to bring in the doctor and prevent bleeding before treating her.
At the time, Fernandez was angry. Raducanu feared, serving at the breaking point, that his rhythm would be broken. It was only 3 issues away from the name and fate had conspired, supposedly for the first time in 3 weeks, to throw a key at work. Needless to say, the key bounced and the giant kept rolling.
Raducanu’s photo is now painted all over New York, with the frequency of her smile developing with every mile from Manhattan, from the house to retail stores like Christian Dior and Tiffany and Co for which she is an ambassador, to Queen’s and Flushing Meadows, where they are less interested in her role as a jewelry billboard and more as a tennis player: “Spectacular wait” proclaim the ads. Only Serena Williams, who is retiring here next week, and Coco Gauff seem to be more valuable to American marketers, and the latter has only won one game here since 2019.
It’s clear that Williams and Gauff are American superstars, but their importance to the protective champion is perhaps an unspoken mirror image of the gradient Raducanu has been betting on since he won here. His fall from grace was not as pronounced as his rise, but it remained: after winning 10 games at Flushing Meadows, it took him until May 2022 to win another 10.
It’s understandable that a player who took part in third-tier ITF events just 18 months ago would have taken a while to adjust, but the 2,000 issues won in New York a year ago will likely be erased from her record. By its nature, tennis is a game with an overwhelming topical bias.
It’s unfair, however, last year’s New York one will soon be replaced by these: a new champion, a new story. Raducanu has to write the next bankruptcy of his own history, and soon.
FLUSHING MEADOWS: There’s a lot of talk about Emma Raducanu’s “golden fortnight” in New York City, but it’s easy to say that her tournament started a week before most other people checked into the InterContinental on Lexington Avenue, which is home to some of the biggest names in the US Open of the fortnight.
Raducanu made history through qualifying to win the US Open, which at this point last year had already played (and won) 3 matches.
There are some theoretical benefits of betting on the playoffs, as it gives you 3 more matches in the tournament gcirculars and a prolonged chance of acclimatizing to situations and place. But those are the positive aspects of an overwhelming cloud: the playoffs turn the tournament. in a real marathon in a sprint. This year, she worked under the midday sun on Friday, education with Ekaterina Alexandrova, while the third qualifying round resonated in the field.
Despite her prolonged tournament 12 months later, Raducanu made things seem easy, showing few symptoms of fatigue and helped no one live with her strength long enough to make her sweat a lot: she didn’t let a single set pass.
It is surreal to think that, in a tournament hampered by Covid, which meant reduced capacity, their first 3 consecutive wins were played against a total giant of tied bettors. Honestly, it is unlikely that many came to see Raducanu. take on Bibiane Schoofs, the 33-year-old Dutchwoman who has never exceeded 142 in the world.
In a taste that would soon be familiar, Raducanu destroyed it, winning by losing only 3 games. He only faced a break point, which he saved, and was back in the locker room after only 61 minutes. When a forehand from Schoofs flew for a long time, there wasn’t much celebration. We had a feeling that this was just the beginning.
There was a bit more of a birthday party when Raducanu fired Mariam Bolkvadze of Georgia, the left-hander who even deigned to break the British player’s serve on one occasion, but without the crowd present, she looked hollow. round victory over Sara Sorribes Tormo, a one-sided defeat in which she lost only one match, which the New York crowd began to realize they were witnessing something special.
A good number of them saw her send the Spaniard back to Court 17 that day; it was probably the last time a seat for a Raducanu was easy to find. It was almost as fast: Shelby Rogers, Belinda Bencic and Maria Sakkari. It’s like a dream.
Probably the closest thing to a wobble happened with the trophy almost at a contact distance: with an hour and 43 minutes of the final beyond and serving for the attack on Leylah Fernandez, Raducanu scraped his knee enough for blood to run down his leg. As a rule, she had to bring in the doctor and prevent bleeding before treating her.
At the time, Fernandez was angry. Raducanu feared, serving at the breaking point, that his rhythm would be broken. It was only 3 issues away from the name and fate had conspired, supposedly for the first time in 3 weeks, to throw a key at work. Needless to say, the key bounced and the giant kept rolling.
Raducanu’s photo is now painted throughout New York City, with the frequency of her smile developing with every mile traveled from Manhattan, from her home to retail stores such as Christian Dior and Tiffany and Co, of which she is an ambassador, Queen’s and Flushing Meadows, where they are less interested in her role as a jewelry billboard than that of a tennis player: “Spectacular Awaits” proclaim the commercials. Only Serena Williams, who retires here next week, and Coco Gauff seem to be more priced for American marketers. , and the latter has won only one game here since 2019.
It’s clear that Williams and Gauff are American superstars, but their importance to the protective champion is perhaps an unspoken mirror image of the gradient Raducanu has been betting on since he won here. His fall from grace was not as pronounced as his rise, but it remained: after winning 10 games at Flushing Meadows, it took him until May 2022 to win another 10.
It’s understandable that a player who took part in third-tier ITF events just 18 months ago would have taken a while to adjust, but the 2,000 issues won in New York a year ago will likely be erased from her record. By its nature, tennis is a game with an overwhelming topical bias.
It’s unfair, however, last year’s New York one will soon be replaced by these: a new champion, a new story. Raducanu has to write the next bankruptcy of his own history, and soon.
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