Congratulations, Emma Raducanu!

by LoveUniHateExams 7 Replies latest social current

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  LoveUniHateExams

  Congratulations to Ms Raducanu, from Orpington, Kent (my hometown).

  She has just won the US Open on Saturday. I don't have a TV license or a TV, but I did manage to see the final in my local pub. And the two finalists didn't disappoint - it was a cracking match with a high level of tennis.

  And Raducanu triumphed 6-4, 6-3. Her achievement is pretty much unprecedented. She is the only tennis player of the Open era, male or female, to qualify for a slam and then go on and win that slam. She won 10 matches in a row, without dropping a single set. That's pretty f**king awesome, excuse my French.

  I'd like to see how she deals with expectation in next year's US Open, but she seems to have a sensible head on her shoulders so I expect her to compete in future grand slam finals.

  She will in all likelihood be around for many years to come.

  She could be the future of women's tennis.

  
  
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  waton

  interesting, that both finalist come from mixed race marriages with oriental mothers. both born in canada too.

  remixing the human race to near - edenic perfection.
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  jhine

  LUHE - Amen to that Brother. : )

  Jan
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  Freemail

  Yep. Great win for Romania.
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  St George of England

  You mean she has been to Orpington or lives there. She is hardly FROM Orpington. Born in Canada of Romanian father and Chinese mother.

  I would be showing my age to mention Zola Budd.

  George
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  Simon

  Isn't she the daughter of a wealthy banker?

  The "child of immigrants" narrative paints a different picture to what most imagine.

  Well done to her, but let's not have her as a reason to throw the doors open to illegal fighting age men arriving on the beaches.
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  LoveUniHateExams

  let's not have her as a reason to throw the doors open to illegal fighting age men arriving on the beaches - I quite agree.

  Raducanu is an example of good immigration - her parents came here legally, got good jobs, obey the law and pay their taxes. They brought up a talented, well-adjusted daughter who now has a stellar career ahead of her.

  There is simply no comparison between the Raducanus and the morons in the rubber dinghies who wash ashore at Dover or Folkstone.
  
  
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  LoveUniHateExams

  She is hardly FROM Orpington - she has been in the UK since she was two years old. She is British, at least to some degree.