Yep, it's was certainly an incredibly strong return performance. Hope she can keep it up, I really enjoyed watching her just destroy any 80-something mph second serve, and seeing the effect it had on opponents.
There's almost the non-statistical trad journo-coach interview version of your analysis here, by the way, including something on how she got to this level. :) https://archive.is/YccTK
There have only been 7 female players who won their first Grand Slam at a younger age than Raducanu, and all of them went on to win multiple Grand Slams and all 7 became world number 1. I think it's a pretty strong indication that she's special and should do well. In fact of the 15 female players who won a GS as a teenager, only 1 of them (Iva Majoli) retired without winning at least one more GS title. I think both Fernandez and Raducanu have very, very bright futures near the top of women's tennis.
Great article and analysis. Fernandez had a miserable day serving (low first serve %, lots of double faults); I wonder whether Raducanu would have dominated as much on return if Fernandez' first serve had been on song. Probably she would have. Raducanu might be the female equivalent of Djokovic on serve.
Thanks for the comment and thank you for the positive feedback!
Positives signs indeed for Raducanu but my point in the article is not to get ahead of ourselves. Every player is different, every generation is different (certainly in terms of media pressure, overall quality of the field etc.) - let's just wait and see how it all pans out for her instead of being disappointed if she doesn't get to #1 in the world. I hope she gets there but it's certainly not a guarantee.
Fernandez's first serve and second serve aren't entirely dissimilar so a low first serve % isn't a terrible sign for her. Raducanu definitely forced some of the double faults/bigger second serves so credit is entirely down to her - she forced a lower level of play from the Canadian. The Djokovic similarities on serve and return are definitely apt!
There is zero casual link between those two statements.
Aside from that, Richardson wasn't fired by anyone, it was a pre-agreed, short term contract for the duration of her longest international tour swing. That contract ended with the USO.
Yep, it's was certainly an incredibly strong return performance. Hope she can keep it up, I really enjoyed watching her just destroy any 80-something mph second serve, and seeing the effect it had on opponents.
There's almost the non-statistical trad journo-coach interview version of your analysis here, by the way, including something on how she got to this level. :) https://archive.is/YccTK
There have only been 7 female players who won their first Grand Slam at a younger age than Raducanu, and all of them went on to win multiple Grand Slams and all 7 became world number 1. I think it's a pretty strong indication that she's special and should do well. In fact of the 15 female players who won a GS as a teenager, only 1 of them (Iva Majoli) retired without winning at least one more GS title. I think both Fernandez and Raducanu have very, very bright futures near the top of women's tennis.
Great article and analysis. Fernandez had a miserable day serving (low first serve %, lots of double faults); I wonder whether Raducanu would have dominated as much on return if Fernandez' first serve had been on song. Probably she would have. Raducanu might be the female equivalent of Djokovic on serve.
Hi Graydon,
Thanks for the comment and thank you for the positive feedback!
Positives signs indeed for Raducanu but my point in the article is not to get ahead of ourselves. Every player is different, every generation is different (certainly in terms of media pressure, overall quality of the field etc.) - let's just wait and see how it all pans out for her instead of being disappointed if she doesn't get to #1 in the world. I hope she gets there but it's certainly not a guarantee.
Fernandez's first serve and second serve aren't entirely dissimilar so a low first serve % isn't a terrible sign for her. Raducanu definitely forced some of the double faults/bigger second serves so credit is entirely down to her - she forced a lower level of play from the Canadian. The Djokovic similarities on serve and return are definitely apt!
Agree. There's no guarantee Raducanu will become world no. 1 in the future after she sacked her coach immediately after winning the US Open.
There is zero casual link between those two statements.
Aside from that, Richardson wasn't fired by anyone, it was a pre-agreed, short term contract for the duration of her longest international tour swing. That contract ended with the USO.
Wow. You're still spreading the infamous falsehood about the short term contact.
Secondly, are you sort of a scientific researcher who is obsessed with "causal link"?
Thirdly, your mention about the causal link is your own imagination, or better still, your own hallucinations.
Last but not least, my main point is - There's no guarantee Raducanu will become world no. 1 in the future.
Please don't stretch the figment of your imagination! Period.