Gotta commend @LenGlover for his commitment to the doubles scene
personally find doubles excruciatingly boring.
And don’t get me started on the US OPEN doubles
Just pleased to see British players doing well
Association is a massive thing for people. Even if it's something like snowboarding, a sport which I have no interest whatsoever in, I will always look at for how well one of ours is doing. Julian Cash is friends with Seb's Bickley CC captain, Elliot Hooper, as they were at Bede's school together. On the day that Cash and Glasspool won Wimbledon I was getting a running commentary of how they were doing from Elliot's Dad during the game against Sevenoaks Vine.
This also reminds me of the time a friend of mine, Gavin Hamilton, played his one and only game for England. I absolutely loved telling people and boring them about his talent for all sports and how proud I was to have had an extremely minor part in his development (he opened for the team I captained at at the age of 12). Gavin had already been out caught for a duck by Pollock off the bowling of Donald and his second innings of the match coincided with me being on the coach of the annual trip to Newbury races organised by Mike Wren (AKA Chirpy and Riviera). I was listening to commentary but he was out for a duck, caught Pollock, bowled Donald once again and had bagged a pair. He never played for England again even though he was a far better white ball all rounder than red and after a mandatory four-year wait returned to playing for Scotland. It hurt to see the way things worked out for him. No one will ever take away from him though the fact that he played for England and Scotland at international level.
Gotta commend @LenGlover for his commitment to the doubles scene
personally find doubles excruciatingly boring.
And don’t get me started on the US OPEN doubles
Just pleased to see British players doing well
Association is a massive thing for people. Even if it's something like snowboarding, a sport which I have no interest whatsoever in, I will always look at for how well one of ours is doing. Julian Cash is friends with Seb's Bickley CC captain, Elliot Hooper, as they were at Bede's school together. On the day that Cash and Glasspool won Wimbledon I was getting a running commentary of how they were doing from Elliot's Dad during the game against Sevenoaks Vine.
This also reminds me of the time a friend of mine, Gavin Hamilton, played his one and only game for England. I absolutely loved telling people and boring them about his talent for all sports and how proud I was to have had an extremely minor part in his development (he opened for the team I captained at at the age of 12). Gavin had already been out caught for a duck by Pollock off the bowling of Donald and his second innings of the match coincided with me being on the coach of the annual trip to Newbury races organised by Mike Wren (AKA Chirpy and Riviera). I was listening to commentary but he was out for a duck, caught Pollock, bowled Donald once again and had bagged a pair. He never played for England again even though he was a far better white ball all rounder than red and after a mandatory four-year wait returned to playing for Scotland. It hurt to see the way things worked out for him. No one will ever take away from him though the fact that he played for England and Scotland at international level.
Women's tennis is so inconsistent - so many seeds out in the Canadian Open, some quite early on. And Osaka doing well yet she lost to Raducanu in Washington
Raducanu has just lost the first set against Sabalenka on a tie break (7-3). Raducanu was very much in the set throughout until that tie break - but then Sabalenka has won 14 tie breaks on the bounce.
It was interesting to see that Raducanu's new coach was, at one point, talking to her after virtually every point and many times telling her to stay calm. The umpire even told her off for going to him at the end of a game specifically as the coach is not allowed to get off his chair to approach the player. She claimed that she couldn't hear him so the umpire told her to ask him to talk louder to which Radacanu responded by asking the umpire to get someone to tell him that!
Raducanu has just lost the first set against Sabalenka on a tie break (7-3). Raducanu was very much in the set throughout until that tie break - but then Sabalenka has won 14 tie breaks on the bounce.
It was interesting to see that Raducanu's new coach was, at one point, talking to her after virtually every point and many times telling her to stay calm. The umpire even told her off for going to him at the end of a game specifically as the coach is not allowed to get off his chair to approach the player. She claimed that she couldn't hear him so the umpire told her to ask him to talk louder to which Radacanu responded by asking the umpire to get someone to tell him that!
I have visions of Nathan Jones as a tennis coach, playing every ball, and continuously shouting and swearing at his player
I think the coach is a great appointment - how long do we think it will take for the new coach to make a difference? As I think he will. A couple of months?
So intense. Played so well. Pity she couldn't quite pull it off
Agreed - surely its got to be good going forward, with the new coach as well?
I think this could go both ways and by that I'm referring to their interactions on court. He's quite intense and Raducanu has already said that she isn't very good at taking direction i.e. she will listen and then decide whether she thinks it's the right thing to do. The heat of battle might not be the best forum for that but, equally, it could be the making of her. Time will tell.
So intense. Played so well. Pity she couldn't quite pull it off
Agreed - surely its got to be good going forward, with the new coach as well?
I think this could go both ways and by that I'm referring to their interactions on court. He's quite intense and Raducanu has already said that she isn't very good at taking direction i.e. she will listen and then decide whether she thinks it's the right thing to do. The heat of battle might not be the best forum for that but, equally, it could be the making of her. Time will tell.
I agree to a certain extent. But being that they (her and her somewhat overbearing father) are very particular, then I wouldn't have thought they'd have taken him on without accepting his 'style'. He was v vocal at the beginning today and then went quiet until near the end - even Annabel Croft said he probably tired himself out from saying so much!
Raducanu served really poorly in the final set and got very few first serves in - it's a pity she couldn't clinch victory over a clearly out of sorts Sabalenka.
Raducanu served really poorly in the final set and got very few first serves in - it's a pity she couldn't clinch victory over a clearly out of sorts Sabalenka.
The draw didn't do Emma any favours.
So unlucky with the draw wasn't she? And yes, she was clearly struggling with her serve and did well to finally win the game with at least 11 deuces - and nearly half the length of the Wimbldeon final!
I still think she is currently on an upwards trajectory
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This also reminds me of the time a friend of mine, Gavin Hamilton, played his one and only game for England. I absolutely loved telling people and boring them about his talent for all sports and how proud I was to have had an extremely minor part in his development (he opened for the team I captained at at the age of 12). Gavin had already been out caught for a duck by Pollock off the bowling of Donald and his second innings of the match coincided with me being on the coach of the annual trip to Newbury races organised by Mike Wren (AKA Chirpy and Riviera). I was listening to commentary but he was out for a duck, caught Pollock, bowled Donald once again and had bagged a pair. He never played for England again even though he was a far better white ball all rounder than red and after a mandatory four-year wait returned to playing for Scotland. It hurt to see the way things worked out for him. No one will ever take away from him though the fact that he played for England and Scotland at international level.
Cash and Glasspool v Salisbury and Skupski
6-3, 6-7, 13-11
Kartal in action today.
It was interesting to see that Raducanu's new coach was, at one point, talking to her after virtually every point and many times telling her to stay calm. The umpire even told her off for going to him at the end of a game specifically as the coach is not allowed to get off his chair to approach the player. She claimed that she couldn't hear him so the umpire told her to ask him to talk louder to which Radacanu responded by asking the umpire to get someone to tell him that!
3-3 in the final set.
I think the coach is a great appointment - how long do we think it will take for the new coach to make a difference? As I think he will. A couple of months?
The draw didn't do Emma any favours.
I still think she is currently on an upwards trajectory