New Balls, Please

[Traf]

21 minutes ago, DazBob said:

Are we having her as British?

No, most definitely not.

 

English, yes.

[L/H White]

13 hours ago, Winchester White said:

Talk about rapid improvement! She seems a real talent, good luck to her.

probably on the same stuff as Novak

[MalcolmW]

2 hours ago, DazBob said:

Are we having her as British?

Of course.

(Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada, but resident here from pre-school days)

[Not in Crawley]

18 minutes ago, MalcolmW said:

Of course.

(Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada, but resident here from pre-school days)

Kent have claimed her.

[jmjhb]

3 hours ago, DazBob said:

Are we having her as British?

Been here since age 2. So yes

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, MalcolmW said:

Of course.

(Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada, but resident here from pre-school days)

What colour will her passport be?

[Guest]

3 hours ago, DazBob said:

Are we having her as British?

Andy Murray has her as one of our own

[Casino]

Fernández has just shown massive talent and bottle to win that but there's every chance the winner of the us open comes from the raducanu match

[jayjayoghani]

Yep she's the real deal, amazing display, completely nerveless. 

[Casino]

Wow

Shes fantastic

[green genie]

18 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Kent have claimed her.

Hopefully she didn't arrive by ferry else there will be some confusion. 

[Spider]

I mean, tennis is shite

But that’s magnificent

[Spider]

I see the subject of her “roots” is getting more press than the fact she’s just got to the final of a major tournament with (GBR) next to her name.

What a time to be alive.

 

[Jol_BWFC]

An amazing achievement. Hopefully she smashes it in the final. I wonder if the lack of crowds have helped her in particular, given she had a panic attack in front of the crowds at Wimbledon?

She’s also just bagged $1.25m for 3 weeks’ work. That’s almost as much as Jules earns. 

ps, she’s more British than Bolty.

[Rudy]

23 hours ago, DazBob said:

Are we having her as British?

English if she wins 

[MalcolmW]

8 hours ago, Casino said:

Fernández has just shown massive talent and bottle to win that but there's every chance the winner of the us open comes from the raducanu match

 

4 hours ago, Spider said:

I see the subject of her “roots” is getting more press than the fact she’s just got to the final of a major tournament with (GBR) next to her name.

What a time to be alive.

 

Both finalists were born in Canada but now live elsewhere, both have fathers from a different country and both have a touch of the East on their maternal side (LF has a Filipino grandparent).

Fernandez, in the last 4 rounds, has beaten Osaka, Kerber, Svitolina and Sabalenka.

Raducanu has come through 3 rounds of qualifying plus 6 rounds in the tournament proper with dropping a set, or even being taken to a tiebreak as she has broken every opponent in every set.

Raducanu started at her secondary school just as Dina Asher-Smith had left it.

[Not in Crawley]

Well, I hadn't a clue about Bromley Tennis Centre but looks a decent place.

Newstead Wood School sounds like my kids all-girls grammar. They seem to love a selective state school down here.

[Gonk]

6 hours ago, Jol_BWFC said:

An amazing achievement. Hopefully she smashes it in the final. I wonder if the lack of crowds have helped her in particular, given she had a panic attack in front of the crowds at Wimbledon?

She’s also just bagged $1.25m for 3 weeks’ work. That’s almost as much as Jules earns. 

ps, she’s more British than Bolty.

Jules doesnt work, he heads the team

[Spider]

How are her manners in elevators?

[Casino]

Looks like shes gonna be ranked top 32 even as beaten finalist

Which is great news for her going forward

 

[Not in Crawley]

37 minutes ago, Spider said:

How are her manners in elevators?

Bolty likes this.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Newstead Wood School sounds like my kids all-girls grammar. They seem to love a selective state school down here.

Pity we haven’t got them for all kids.

 

No doubt working well for yours.

[ErnestTurnip]

Having a complete blonde moment here, is there a tennis equivalent to kick off/face off/bully off/tip off/tee off ?

[Not in Crawley]

Just now, boltondiver said:

Pity we haven’t got them for all kids.

 

No doubt working well for yours.

I don't agree with the system, its utterly flawed. Its just Kent still has the 11-plus. Two of mine wanted to take it and passed, the third doesn't want to take it, has no interested and will be going to the high school. No issues from me. 

Getting in has also bog all to do with academic ability, its just coaching the kids through, esp with the verbal and non verbal reasoning bits. Its like learning how to play a game.

[DazBob]

2 minutes ago, ErnestTurnip said:

Having a complete blonde moment here, is there a tennis equivalent to kick off/face off/bully off/tip off/tee off ?

Balls up.

And in badminton it's a cock up

Edited September 10, 2021 by DazBob