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UTH said:
abzmike said:
A win is a win.
Something Andy Murray couldn't do, so fair play to her. Hope she does well. There is a lot more depth in the men’s draw.
ER plays the 22 seed next - if she wins that all good, but it doesn’t mean she’s going to win the tournament if she looses then not all bad, she is starting again pretty much from scratch.
Joey Deacon said:
Seems like someone who fluked a grand slam win and now thinks that social media and sponsorship deals are more important that actually being any good?
Yeah I mean she only reached the last 64 of a grand slam event, the exact same stage that our number 1 women's player reached.Fluked? Did you watch any of the tennis she was producing at the time?
stanlow45 said:
Needs Andrew Richardson back. They should've paid his true value after the US open, it has all been downhill from there unfortunately.
Don't worry he has been snapped up by a top player who is paying him his true value. I don't know who of course but I am sure it's happened.The reality is that outside of those involved, no one actually knows what's happened and that any conflation between the split and her results are just wild guesses, at best. But perhaps you were part of the discussion.
My own guess is that her injuries and the need for 3 operations were more influential factors than any coach could have been so quite a moot point.
Edited by nickfrog on Thursday 18th January 14:29
In hindsight she should have announced her immediate retirement from tennis after the US Open. Taken her 10's of millions and done something else.
I'm joking but imagine people's imagination after that. They would have been talking about her as a potential 30 GS player that gave it all up, the greatest ever.
I'm joking but imagine people's imagination after that. They would have been talking about her as a potential 30 GS player that gave it all up, the greatest ever.
_Rodders_ said:
In hindsight she should have announced her immediate retirement from tennis after the US Open. Taken her 10's of millions and done something else.
I'm joking but imagine people's imagination after that. They would have been talking about her as a potential 30 GS player that gave it all up, the greatest ever.
Sometimes it's best to quit at the top. I'm joking but imagine people's imagination after that. They would have been talking about her as a potential 30 GS player that gave it all up, the greatest ever.
Although if she wasn't going to show up on court any more then the sponsors may have thought twice before throwing money her direction.
Joey Deacon said:
Seems like someone who fluked a grand slam win and now thinks that social media and sponsorship deals are more important that actually being any good?
Are you saying that having sponsors and social media is incompatible with being a top player? Would you have turned down the money? Do you think money affects her game?
g4ry13 said:
_Rodders_ said:
In hindsight she should have announced her immediate retirement from tennis after the US Open. Taken her 10's of millions and done something else.
I'm joking but imagine people's imagination after that. They would have been talking about her as a potential 30 GS player that gave it all up, the greatest ever.
Sometimes it's best to quit at the top. I'm joking but imagine people's imagination after that. They would have been talking about her as a potential 30 GS player that gave it all up, the greatest ever.
Although if she wasn't going to show up on court any more then the sponsors may have thought twice before throwing money her direction.
Injuries apart, I think the parents still have a little too much involvement and the revolving door of coaches isn't helping. ideally she needs to break away from her parents' meddling, firing the coach who helped her get the big win is risible.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-1...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-1...
trumpton7291 said:
Injuries apart, I think the parents still have a little too much involvement and the revolving door of coaches isn't helping. ideally she needs to break away from her parents' meddling, firing the coach who helped her get the big win is risible.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-1...
Always two sides to a story, at least. Perhaps he is disgruntled. Perhaps he was too greedy. Perhaps it was a mistake not renewing his contract (he wasn't fired). Who knows? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-1...
Skeptisk said:
Disappointing. I didn’t see the match but it seemed she had chances in the last set.
I saw most of it, a very close match. She was very resilient in the second but the early break in the third sealed it sadly. It's disappointing but on the other hand she was very close to the level of an an on form player which is not bad after 9 months of practically no competitive tennis. Edited by nickfrog on Thursday 18th January 15:22
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