Tennis

[Pigeon_Killer]

Raducanu and the words excellent performances usually have a gap of at least 6 months between them, not 6 hours.

Extremely impressive performance, hard hitting and direct. Please keep this up.

 

[marc2003]

Can't see her beating Jovic but would love to be wrong.

I love being a blithering idiot who has no idea what they're talking about.

 

[nightwish]

Her talent is undeniable. Just needs to stay healthy, mentally and physically, and then there are few who will want to face her...

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

This serve is going to be a problem for Raducanu, very fast and very accurate.

 

[LiE]

This serve is going to be a problem for Raducanu, very fast and very accurate.

She is struggling it seems.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Clinical, Velic is doing to Raducanu what she did to Boulter. Just a few levels above at the moment and she’s proven it’s unlikely to just be a purple patch.

 

[marc2003]

Crikey, Raducanu now serving to avoid a bagel.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Vekic’s level has dropped ever so slightly, allowing Raducanu back in to this.

 

[LiE]

Vekic wobbling a little.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Wow, didn’t expect this after the first set.

 

[Merlin5]

This is a good momentum swing. Raducanu now a game away from tieing a set each plus it's her to serve next. Hopefully this goes to a third set.

 

[marc2003]

Losing that game and breaking here would be nice. Serving first in the final set is always an advantage.

 

[Merlin5]

What a rally that was!

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

What a shot from Emma!!

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Outstanding lob to go back to deuce.

 

[manic111]

Outstanding lob to go back to deuce.

Couple of huge brain fades from Emma though. Last two points of that game she hit a good first serve, got a short return, and didn't do enough with the first leading to that lob, then dropped the second wide

 

[Merlin5]

Emma's done well but I think Vekic is just that bit too good for her today. Emma needs something quite special now or it's all over.

 

[Merlin5]

Need a tiebreak now.

 

[manic111]

Emma's done well but I think Vekic is just that bit too good for her today. Emma needs something quite special now or it's all over.

The stat they just showed - 52% points won on first serve - isn't good enough. That was the difference between her winning the set, and possibly not. I feel like she plays so flat that crushing a short ball is really tricky for her, unless it really pops up above net height.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Vekic reverting to more direct tennis has worked wonders for her.