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davek said:
I expected Raducanu to beat Fernandez with more ease, tbh.

Fernandez serves to get the point in motion, it's not a weapon. She's mobile and chases down shots, but not really dictating rallies (although she did well enough last night...but that was because Raducanu was hesitant and not hitting through her shots on occasion).

I could easily see the pair of them not winning a slam title from this point, tbh. It was just one of those freak tournaments. I think Covid19 has had a massive impact on disrupting all sports.
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Maybe, but they've got time on their side.

It does seem to happen a lot more in women's tennis than men's - athletes hitting an early peak and then struggling to continue it. But doesn't take away from the achievement.

Osaka's form dips and dives, Serena is going to go all out for that one final slam next year. I don't really see any of the other big names putting together a consistent run other than possibly Barty. Andreescu has been affected by injury/covid this year too, hasn't she? Halep if she can get over her injury issues.
 
davek said:
That was gamesmanship from her. That said, Im sure Fernandez would have tried it if it was the other way around.
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You obviously don't know or understand the protocol regarding blood from an open wound in sport (or you choose to ignore it).

No surprise really, since you revel in winding people up, which is sometimes funny, but most times absolutely turgid!!!
 
davek said:
Another point won and she's back on serve in the 2nd set in a verty tight encounter.

Hardly a "a hell of a lot to do".

Momentum is everything in tennis. If Fernandez had broken back to 5-4 with her serve to come it could have got in Raducanu's head.

That was gamesmanship from her. That said, Im sure Fernandez would have tried it if it was the other way around.
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There was definitely a hell of a lot to do. Do you think Raducanu faked the injury to gain an advantage? She'd lost a few points
during a period when Leylah seemed to be tiring and was very unlikely to come back from there.

I didn't see them, but sometimes the odds pop up about the likely winner and I wonder what they were.

You didn't comment on the Emma's nationality issue, but did you know where you were born when you were two?
 
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BlueToff said:
Maybe, but they've got time on their side.

It does seem to happen a lot more in women's tennis than men's - athletes hitting an early peak and then struggling to continue it. But doesn't take away from the achievement.

Osaka's form dips and dives, Serena is going to go all out for that one final slam next year. I don't really see any of the other big names putting together a consistent run other than possibly Barty. Andreescu has been affected by injury/covid this year too, hasn't she? Halep if she can get over her injury issues.
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The Williams brothers are finished, she'll get no competition from those lads.
 
Jeff Jones said:
There was definitely a hell of a lot to do. Do you think Raducanu faked the injury to gain an advantage? She'd lost a few points
during a period when Leylah seemed to be tiring and was very unlikely to come back from there.

I didn't see them, but sometimes the odds pop up about the likely winner and I wonder what they were.

You didn't comment on the Emma's nationality issue, but did you know where you were born when you were two?
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She didn't fake it, she utilised it.
 
The binman chronicles said:
There isn't a utilised, blood = stop. It could have messed with her mind when serving for the next point too. Fernandez by the same principle could have utilised the time to get ready to win that next point.
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Wipe knee with towel, crack on. That's what would usually happen. It was smart use of a medical break by Raducanu.
 

I think tennis is like any other sport now and there is a strict protocol when it comes to a blood injury.

Yes it looked very minor, but I think the rules demand that the match stops and it gets treated before the next point can begin
 

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