Emma Raducanu on the recent Toth/Zhang controversy: “Seeing a Hungarian act so disrespectfully to my Chinese auntie really lit a fire in me as a proud Chinese-Romanian woman. I can’t wait to bagel Amarissa at an ITF 25k after my wrist regrows itself”
The most unexpected drama of the day came after the incredible Zheng-Navarro battle.
Qinwen won after saving match point. The handshake was tense and explained by both players afterwords.
Navarro. "I just told her I didn't respect her as a competitor. I think she goes about
We can relate this with Monica Seles attack
Please be careful
@DjokerNole
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Don’t go without security anywhere from now on 🙏
Whoever did this needs to be jailed for at least 6 months
#Djokovic
#NovakDjokovic
#IBI24
Alcaraz asked if he would play “mixed doubles for love” like Tsitsipas if he had a girlfriend on tour.
“Well, if I had a girlfriend and she asked be to play doubles with her… (big smile) … we would have to evaluate a lot of things” 🤣
This is a pic from 2012. A young woman approached Emma Raducanu, asking for a photo. Emma told her she could be anybody if she followed her dreams. That woman later turned out to be Simona Halep.
It’s nowhere near as catchy, but the best fix to make Laver Cup actually competitive as a men’s team competition in this era is to change it from “Europe vs World” to “Catholics vs Orthodox.”
Look how much more balanced this is:
Players who have taken the most games off Iga Swiatek in two set matches on clay in 2022
1. Emma Raducanu 🇬🇧 (8)
2. Bianca Andreescu 🇨🇦 (6)
3. Victoria Azarenka 🇧🇾 (5)
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For some cultural context, “Empress in the Palace” is a famous Chinese TV show about palace intrigue which features an Empress who cruelly mistreats her husband’s concubines
Leylah’s USO trail of destruction
R3 - Osaka: Plunged into deep depression and now on the brink of retirement
R4 - Kerber: Pregnant
QF - Svitolina: Pregnant and probably retired
SF - Sabalenka: Brain broken for several months
F - Raducanu: Do I even need to explain
(PART 2) She also talks about that email posted by CGTN which was popularly derided as being forged, and also whether she has any future travel plans.
#whereispengshaui
#FreePengShuai
Some of you have told me to let the Rome incident go even a legend like
@TheBorisBecker
I respect his and everyone else's views.
But please take 15 minutes of your time to hear my views and concerns about the incident and why I'm still pushing for a full investigation.
Part 1/2
Leylah’s USO trail of destruction
R3 - Osaka: Plunged into deep depression and now on the brink of retirement
R4 - Kerber: Pregnant
QF - Svitolina: Pregnant and probably retired
SF - Sabalenka: Brain broken for several months
F - Raducanu: Do I even need to explain
Carlos Alcaraz tells us why he didn’t name his favourite players on the WTA: “I was too shy to say it but my favourite player is Raducanu. I watched her first round match, it’s so good to see her back. I was afraid of the reaction from the public. I am shy with girls.”
Also just want to add that speculation about Peng disappearing is entirely based off the fact that she hasn’t been posting on social media. There are reports coming from China that she’s safe. Despite how scary the Chinese government is, I do think we can believe these reports
Often, when a celebrity runs into political “trouble” in China, they get banned from having a public platform, but are otherwise free to go about their lives
The sponsors were ready to pull out, the British tabloids were circling around her like vultures, her spine was at breaking point and Priti Patel had the deportation papers signed and ready… yet my GIRL WILL LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY
It was unintentilnal ball hit to the ball person by Kato. Hope everything is fine with ball girl. Very unfortunate incident. But I was very disappointed by unsportsmanlike attitude by Bouzkova & Sorribes Tormo appeaking for default and were even laughing😩
Leylah really is a mental giant like she doesn’t get frustrated at herself at ALL… it’s her Karen superpowers she saves all her negative energy for the umpire and supervisor
Expect an announcement later this morning: Wimbledon to become the first tennis tournament to impose a full ban on players from Russia and Belarus.
A stark contrast to the French Open, for which the likes of Medvedev and Azarenka remain on the entry list.
I’m actually obsessed with her grip I tried playing like this the other day and it felt like my hand was going to fall off I don’t know how she does it 😭