Sporting achievement of the year for sure goes to radacanu, but personality of the year there is only one and that is Tyson fury for what he has done inside and outside of the ring but too politically incorrect for the bbc
Blame the BBC for the title of the award, which has always reflected sporting achievement, not who is the most charismatic individual. Fortunately we’re not dumb enough to vote for Eddie the Eagle. Nothing in sport compares to winning a grand slam tennis tournament. It would be like a non league team winning the FA Cup, I suppose.
@@craigcassidy6078 Darts is bigger than tennis 🤣 I suggest if you go to most countries in the world, then list the names Rod Laver, Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, you’re likely to be disappointed if you ask if they know Leighton Rees, John Lowe, Eric Bristow, Phil Taylor, Dennis Priestley, Andy Fordham, John Part, Michael van Gerwan, Raymond van Barneveld, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price. Oh women’s tennis? OK, Billie Jean King Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova.
Great choice!! I'm not from Great Britain but I'm happy for the appreciation you give To Emma Raducanu for her remarkable achievements. Really this goes beyond years.. decades or even centuries of staggering achievements..
@@michaelm3943 everything we have and received was given to us according to God's favor..and it delighted The God of all creation to favor Ms. Emma Raducanu have this remarkable achievements according to God's timeline. For you to say it's a fluke then you are undermining God's authority. What about you what have you done that is greater than God's favor..to undermined this achievements? Can't understand why people don't appreciate good and lovely things..
Absolutely well done to Emma. You have been an absolute inspiration to all. I think you are absolutely brilliant. However - What about Tyson Fury. Look at what he has achieved and the longevity of his amazing Journey. In my Eyes - This man should not be personality of the year ..... But Sports personality of the decade. A Legend.
Absolutely had to be Tyson Fury, but the beeb doesn't like him, so even though he has asked them to take him off the shortlist they keep him on just to wind him up - how petty, and how 'bbc' is that, scrap the licence fee !!! He is the peoples champion.
Tyson didn't want to be on the list let alone be the winner. It was all over the media, you couldn't of been paying attention, next time you comment do some research
White heterosexual male in 2021 is never winning it, personally I felt Josh Taylor should of won but then again he has the same issues Fury does, he’s also told them to F off so no doubt he gets nominated next year
I’ve watched this show for 54 years and I’ve now lost faith. As much as I applaud what this young girl has done, she has won one major. My favourite was Tyson, but with only one fight this year I can understand why he didn’t get it, and why he didn’t want it anyway, like Marmite. Peaty yes, Storey yes. Emma, do something first, No.
You mean the same Tyson who turned down the award not to long ago. Emma did something that no other female tennis player managed to do. She fully deserved it
Result settled as soon as she won the US Open. Radacanu although her win was incredible she's lost every tournament she's entered since....Peaty...the world record holder has delivered at the highest level consistently.....for me though it should of been Josh Taylor, one of only 6 boxers ever to be unified four belt champion....For all those saying Fury should of won it, he said he didn't want it.
She would have been my choice. British success in tennis has been rare so when a Briton succeeds it is recognised as was the case with Andy Murray. I think the search for a female British Wimbledon champion is now over.
i love to be like emma! from nobody to grand slam winner!!! oh well she won a major without joining wta tour or winning anything in wta... such a talent!!!
Absolutely ridiculous!! She has has a two min career and fluked a win at us open against no body players. She will never achieve anything like this again. The UK has a thing of over hyping people especially in sport. Average at best
Stopped watching after superman David Weir didn'T win one year... It's questionable whether Raducanu will ever win again though. After splitting with her coach, she got spiritually vampirized by everyone from the politicians to the royals after her US win. They all wanted a piece of her.. and it seems they're not done :)
I don't think that many people watch it these days let alone vote. So it comes down to vested interest groups. BBC have not published voting numbers for the last few years probably a bit too embarrassing.
@@nigelbullock4411 you obviously isn't an emma fan cos you don't seem to know her stats. Too much great stats for her even to list it down. Go check on lta and even credits from other tennis greats on why Emma did the incredible trailblazing historical runs, both at Wimbledon and ofc the USO grand Slam win. It's truly remarkable for a full time schoolgirl at her age, just finished her A levels (with A*A results too). And within less than 6 months win a GS major. Her IG followings were only ard 2k ppl before Wimby and snowballed to 2.1mil after the USO. Ppl followed and voted for her cos she is incredible, on court and off court. Just to address yr point the BBC rigged this, No it wasn't. Takes a big mind to compute what Emma has achieved in her time line at 18.
@@JustMe-jy5qk I think you miss my point, I'm not having a pop at Emma, I'm just saying how pointless the SPOTY now is. Preselected candidates no voting figures no audience etc etc. By the way your English is appalling
Hold on, I've just read the England Football Team won Team Of The Year. Eh! They lost, didn't they? How does that work? Shouldn't Chelsea have won it for winning the Champion's League. I haven't watched this show for years, but it seems to have gone a bit mental.
This award needs to be called something else. It has nothing to do with personality. Call it surprise win of the year award. If it's a personality award then Tyson Fury wins it hands down. I'm not a boxing fan but the guy has more personality in his left jab than most of the others
Why was Tyson Fury not in the top 3. As for the winner don't be surprised if she never reaches a final again let alone win one. Another farce was the England football team winning the team of the year ahead of the wheelchair rugby team and the GB Swimming team, not a bad result for a team that won nothing at all.
She did extremely well to win the US open……but has basically bombed out of every other tournament since……. Tyson Fury has successfully defended and won all his rematches etc…. And the man has brought much needed attention and light on mental health and mind set struggles for people….. Usual BBC luvvie hierarchy at work again……
I thought she was fabulous until she sacked her long time coach almost immediately after her success..The coach who got her to her success ... not a nice personality for sports personality
@Jezzah really? I have looked it up again...according to most news outlets it seems to carry the story about Andrew Richardson getting sacked...don’t take me wrong I am very pleased to have another British tennis star.. I have no problem with sports stars being ruthless eg footballers agents etc...it doesn’t lessen my admiration of her skill...it’s the sports personality award is my issue.. combination of talent and nice personality
@@IansOddInterests I was at first disappointed by this new about her parting ways with coach Andrew Richardson.. but lately I find out it's the best thing Emma Raducanu have.. see Coach Richardson was part of LTA program helping British tennis players .. LTA has this scholarship PRO.. a 5yr.. program providing British tennis players to get through top 100 of the world through financial aid for travel abroad (both players and coaches) world class facilities, physio etc..I believe this come from tax payers money that provides this program.. Emma Raducanu was in her 3rd year in the program when she run this remarkable achievements at US Open.. perhaps she made this decision to make room for other aspiring players for the program and be trained by LTA coaches like Richardson.. now that she can afford to finance her own team... without taking tax payers money for her career.. well I might be wrong this was base my own opinion.. there's always 2sides of a coin.. and this my sides..🥰🥰
@@IansOddInterests we cannot judge the personality of a person base on our own assumption. We don't know the real story behind all.. bt all opinion are well respected..I just hope all is reasonable.🥰🥰
@@frosareal3368 thanks for taking the time to paint a clearer picture of her coaching contract... I guess the media take a headline grabbing perspective and decide to drop the finer detail to make their headline “true”. I suppose I am the newspapers best audience beleiving what they write. Quite happy to admit I was gullible to their negative headlines taking them at face value.
so she wins one game and is wow the best thing ever ,and you have a guy that is a world champion ,and top of his sport ,she is`nt , and that`s why the bbc is really finished ,tick boxing bbc your day`s are numbered
👍emma! I am truly amazed on how pathetic some losers can be, on twitter on youtube... Everyone needs to feel good... I get it. But for someone the only way to feel better is to belittle others including those they can never even catch a glimpse. Social media amplified this only because some losers have nothing elses better to do 😀
She seems sweet and articulate, seems a shame her team sacked the coach that helped her in the US Open, I fear that's a mistake that will take sometime to overcome
@Cheats prosper in terms of living in the uk with a passport but in sport she shouldn't be representing Britain , absolutely no ties to the country apart from boarding a plane
Well done to her, but it just proves how pathetic women's tennis has become. No stars. A different person wins each tournament. It might be Raducanu never wins anything again. Just saying.
1 She is not British. She was born in CANADA - The same as Lennox Lewis and Greg Rusedski 2 The only thing she has done since the U.S. Open is FIRE her Manager who has known her since she was FIVE 3 Next Year we will see how good she is ANYONE can win the Lottery. i have a feeling she will be FOUND OUT
Emma can lay claim to multiple nationalities. But the nation that has the least strongest "claim to her" is Canada since she was raised in England from the age of two. She's been exposed to the cultures and values of her parents since birth, so both Romania and China have a stronger claim to her than Canada. Indeed the Chinese media refer to her as "the Chinese girl from Britain". But which nation educated her? Which nation's tennis association nurtured her tennis talent from a young age? Which nation has "she" chosen to represent at international level? The answer to those questions is Britain (The UK). Just listen to her speak, she does speak Romanian, and speaks Chinese like a native, but when she's speaking English she sounds like a typical middle class English girl. "2 The only thing she has done since the U.S. Open is FIRE her Manager who has known her since she was FIVE." What bollocks! He is a coach of junior players, and before her excursion to the States this summer hadn't coached her for years. A more important person to her during that trip was her physio. Because she'd concentrated on her academic studies up until April, she lacked the physical conditioning that other WTA regularly have. Her physio kept her in the best possible physical condition, her coach kept her mentally focused, but she was the one who had to perform on court. Unexpected by all, she performed way above everyone's expectations, including her own. At the outset, she's just wanted to gain experience before attempting to qualify for next year's Australian Open. A natural conclusion to this was entering qualification for the US Open, and indeed they'd booked their flights back to England before the champion commenced. But despite one close match, she won het three qualifying matches. She was in her second Grand Slam event, but this time without relying on a wild card. This time she she was there on playing merit. And then her odyssey continued. She not only defeated her next seven opponents, she didn't drop a set in the process. What she did was unprecedented. Unlike other tennis protégées, she'd kept up her academic studies, in a public funded English grammar school, and she excelled. Emma is not a sporting phenom, but what she achieved at this years US Open was phenomenal, and the grace, dignity and eloquence she displayed during post match interviews won her many admirers. Not least from the fashion industry. A beautiful bilingual (I'm discounting her ability to converse in Romanian) athlete was bound to attract non sporting sponsors. I'm not a tennis fan, but I am a fan of outstanding human individuals. By most people's metrics, Emma qualifies as such. My measure of success for her for next year is for her to remain in the top 50 in the world rankings. I do anticipate her winning more Grand Slam tournaments in the next five years, but for now, I'm just looking forward to seeing her don her whites at next years Wimbledon, and hoping to see her come up against Leylah again. If Emma wins it may finally gain her some respect from Leylah's supporters. If Leylah wins, it will start to even the score. I think Leylah is the better player, but she's yet to beat Emma on the day, and I think Emma has the greater potential, but she needs to improve. One way or another, women's tennis will be far more interesting to watch in future. We'll still have a bit of grunting, but hopefully the age of screaming is ending.
@Jezzah I Totally agree. She is Embarrassing. Wins a Major and then Fires the person who has helped her for THIRTEEN Years a WEEK later. SCHOCKING BEHAVIOUR
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have not watched this for about 30 years , i knew she would win this when she won the tennis
Sporting achievement of the year for sure goes to radacanu, but personality of the year there is only one and that is Tyson fury for what he has done inside and outside of the ring but too politically incorrect for the bbc
Blame the BBC for the title of the award, which has always reflected sporting achievement, not who is the most charismatic individual. Fortunately we’re not dumb enough to vote for Eddie the Eagle.
Nothing in sport compares to winning a grand slam tennis tournament. It would be like a non league team winning the FA Cup, I suppose.
@@colinbaker3916 mate are joking , darts is bigger than tennis.. tennis is well down the pecking order . What are you 🤔 thinking with that comment..
@@craigcassidy6078 Darts is bigger than tennis 🤣
I suggest if you go to most countries in the world, then list the names Rod Laver, Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, you’re likely to be disappointed if you ask if they know Leighton Rees, John Lowe, Eric Bristow, Phil Taylor, Dennis Priestley, Andy Fordham, John Part, Michael van Gerwan, Raymond van Barneveld, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price.
Oh women’s tennis? OK, Billie Jean King Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova.
Great choice!! I'm not from Great Britain but I'm happy for the appreciation you give To Emma Raducanu for her remarkable achievements. Really this goes beyond years.. decades or even centuries of staggering achievements..
@@michaelm3943 everything we have and received was given to us according to God's favor..and it delighted The God of all creation to favor Ms. Emma Raducanu have this remarkable achievements according to God's timeline. For you to say it's a fluke then you are undermining God's authority. What about you what have you done that is greater than God's favor..to undermined this achievements? Can't understand why people don't appreciate good and lovely things..
@@michaelm3943 You can't fluke a grand slam. Give your head a wobble! 😂
Absolutely well done to Emma. You have been an absolute inspiration to all. I think you are absolutely brilliant. However - What about Tyson Fury. Look at what he has achieved and the longevity of his amazing Journey. In my Eyes - This man should not be personality of the year ..... But Sports personality of the decade. A Legend.
An award for middle class southerners!! Nobody anywhere else gives a toss!!
Absolutely had to be Tyson Fury, but the beeb doesn't like him, so even though he has asked them to take him off the shortlist they keep him on just to wind him up - how petty, and how 'bbc' is that, scrap the licence fee !!! He is the peoples champion.
@Jezzah Prove it.
Never box ticking bbc we all know it white gammon haters.
This is strange, considering some people have won in sports at multiple levels for years before getting this.
What personality has she got most people haven't got a clue who she is.
@Jezzah You have to be 24 years old to get the lifetime achievement award. lol
Karlos You don't get it do you.
Its cause shes asian.
It's because the British public voted for her. It's really not complicated to understand.
It was Tyson Fury for us. Phenomenal few years he's had and then this snub.
“This snub” Tyson snubbed the award last year
Tyson didn't want to be on the list let alone be the winner. It was all over the media, you couldn't of been paying attention, next time you comment do some research
White heterosexual male in 2021 is never winning it, personally I felt Josh Taylor should of won but then again he has the same issues Fury does, he’s also told them to F off so no doubt he gets nominated next year
Love it bless her👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️💪🏻 well done Raducanu
Hahahah you are a racist.
I’ve watched this show for 54 years and I’ve now lost faith. As much as I applaud what this young girl has done, she has won one major. My favourite was Tyson, but with only one fight this year I can understand why he didn’t get it, and why he didn’t want it anyway, like Marmite. Peaty yes, Storey yes. Emma, do something first, No.
You mean the same Tyson who turned down the award not to long ago. Emma did something that no other female tennis player managed to do. She fully deserved it
She is a woman, not a girl. She won the biggest grand slam title in exceptional style and fully deserves the title.
@@domremyuk
She did win in exceptional style, and grace. But worldwide, Wimbledon is considered the most prestigious tennis championship.
@@bossknight3504 Plenty of females have won the US Open.
Tyson is a nobhead. Sadly they have to be that way in boxing. Or he could be a natural.
Well done to her , deserves it and she’s so happy
Emma did great to win the US open, but IMO its a 1 off, don't think she will win another slam 😊
Agreeed
We'll see.
Even IF it is a one off it’s a one off that’s never ever been done before
Result settled as soon as she won the US Open. Radacanu although her win was incredible she's lost every tournament she's entered since....Peaty...the world record holder has delivered at the highest level consistently.....for me though it should of been Josh Taylor, one of only 6 boxers ever to be unified four belt champion....For all those saying Fury should of won it, he said he didn't want it.
PEATY without doubt .
Anyway ....in the real world Tyson Fury
Rubbish. Why her!! She won only 1 tournament, nothing else
I love how happy she is
She would have been my choice. British success in tennis has been rare so when a Briton succeeds it is recognised as was the case with Andy Murray. I think the search for a female British Wimbledon champion is now over.
i love to be like emma! from nobody to grand slam winner!!! oh well she won a major without joining wta tour or winning anything in wta... such a talent!!!
Fury at fury not winning joke pointless Awards!
Absolutely ridiculous!! She has has a two min career and fluked a win at us open against no body players. She will never achieve anything like this again. The UK has a thing of over hyping people especially in sport. Average at best
Stopped watching after superman David Weir didn'T win one year...
It's questionable whether Raducanu will ever win again though. After splitting with her coach, she got spiritually vampirized by everyone from the politicians to the royals after her US win. They all wanted a piece of her.. and it seems they're not done :)
I don't think that many people watch it these days let alone vote. So it comes down to vested interest groups. BBC have not published voting numbers for the last few years probably a bit too embarrassing.
Emma has 2.1m followers. Many were rooting for her on social media and voted
@@JustMe-jy5qk I think you have just proved my point. Its a popularity contest, nothing to do with sporting achievement.
@@nigelbullock4411 you obviously isn't an emma fan cos you don't seem to know her stats. Too much great stats for her even to list it down. Go check on lta and even credits from other tennis greats on why Emma did the incredible trailblazing historical runs, both at Wimbledon and ofc the USO grand Slam win. It's truly remarkable for a full time schoolgirl at her age, just finished her A levels (with A*A results too). And within less than 6 months win a GS major. Her IG followings were only ard 2k ppl before Wimby and snowballed to 2.1mil after the USO. Ppl followed and voted for her cos she is incredible, on court and off court. Just to address yr point the BBC rigged this, No it wasn't. Takes a big mind to compute what Emma has achieved in her time line at 18.
@@JustMe-jy5qk I think you miss my point, I'm not having a pop at Emma, I'm just saying how pointless the SPOTY now is. Preselected candidates no voting figures no audience etc etc. By the way your English is appalling
@@nigelbullock4411 haha now you are a grammar lecturer. Yr grammar isn't 100% too btw. It's Christmas. All is forgiven. Hv a blast 🎄🎉🎊
Alex Scott looks lovely. Positively glowing under that lacy number like a Caribbean Queen.
Happy news soon ?
I stopped watching this crap when it all became a bit too precious. Jug Ears and the Eddie Izzard impersonator really boil my shit.
Hold on, I've just read the England Football Team won Team Of The Year. Eh! They lost, didn't they? How does that work? Shouldn't Chelsea have won it for winning the Champion's League. I haven't watched this show for years, but it seems to have gone a bit mental.
She’s doing really well now. What a surprise the BBC didn’t report her 6-0, 6-1 latest defeat, bit embarrassing really for spoty 🤣🤣🤣🤔👍
This award needs to be called something else. It has nothing to do with personality. Call it surprise win of the year award. If it's a personality award then Tyson Fury wins it hands down. I'm not a boxing fan but the guy has more personality in his left jab than most of the others
I'm not surprised she won this - what she achieved at the US Open was amazing and never before achieved.
Why was Tyson Fury not in the top 3.
As for the winner don't be surprised if she never reaches a final again let alone win one.
Another farce was the England football team winning the team of the year ahead of the wheelchair rugby team and the GB Swimming team, not a bad result for a team that won nothing at all.
Because Tyson Fury was banned for two years for taking performance enhancing drugs, nandralone...
Not the people who pay the judges choice for sure.
A predictable win for Terry Christian's lovechild.
She did extremely well to win the US open……but has basically bombed out of every other tournament since……. Tyson Fury has successfully defended and won all his rematches etc…. And the man has brought much needed attention and light on mental health and mind set struggles for people….. Usual BBC luvvie hierarchy at work again……
What do you expect from the BBC 🤣 even handed a lifetime achievement award to a 24 year old 🙄
Obviously Tyson is the UK's biggest sports star but he has stated many times he wants nothing to do with this nonsense, and good on him.
@@robo3715 The BBC hate him too because he's white heterosexual and doesn't buy into all their woke BS. All the reasons why I like him btw haha.
This is a joke
I thought she was fabulous until she sacked her long time coach almost immediately after her success..The coach who got her to her success ... not a nice personality for sports personality
@Jezzah really? I have looked it up again...according to most news outlets it seems to carry the story about Andrew Richardson getting sacked...don’t take me wrong I am very pleased to have another British tennis star.. I have no problem with sports stars being ruthless eg footballers agents etc...it doesn’t lessen my admiration of her skill...it’s the sports personality award is my issue.. combination of talent and nice personality
@@IansOddInterests I was at first disappointed by this new about her parting ways with coach Andrew Richardson.. but lately I find out it's the best thing Emma Raducanu have.. see Coach Richardson was part of LTA program helping British tennis players .. LTA has this scholarship PRO.. a 5yr.. program providing British tennis players to get through top 100 of the world through financial aid for travel abroad (both players and coaches) world class facilities, physio etc..I believe this come from tax payers money that provides this program.. Emma Raducanu was in her 3rd year in the program when she run this remarkable achievements at US Open.. perhaps she made this decision to make room for other aspiring players for the program and be trained by LTA coaches like Richardson.. now that she can afford to finance her own team... without taking tax payers money for her career.. well I might be wrong this was base my own opinion.. there's always 2sides of a coin.. and this my sides..🥰🥰
@@IansOddInterests we cannot judge the personality of a person base on our own assumption. We don't know the real story behind all.. bt all opinion are well respected..I just hope all is reasonable.🥰🥰
@@frosareal3368 thanks for taking the time to paint a clearer picture of her coaching contract... I guess the media take a headline grabbing perspective and decide to drop the finer detail to make their headline “true”. I suppose I am the newspapers best audience beleiving what they write. Quite happy to admit I was gullible to their negative headlines taking them at face value.
Great choice, congratulations Emma. Well deserved 🙏🏾
What are you talking about. She didn't deserve to win this. She is a complete waster.
Fury washout cop-out 😂
so she wins one game and is wow the best thing ever ,and you have a guy that is a world champion ,and top of his sport ,she is`nt , and that`s why the bbc is really finished ,tick boxing bbc your day`s are numbered
She achieved sporting greatness..that achievement US Open win from Qualifying is unlikely to ever be replicated..thoroughly deserved
What not facing anybody of any quality all the way through?.
@@garethfoulkes8517 Lol you say while she was ranked 150 and beat everyone who was higher than her.
Isn't she Canadian?
Does she sound Canadian to you?
@@ghsense2626 I've never heard her speak tbf. I just thought she was a product of the Canadian education system.
Awards for winning nothing!!!! What's that all about??
There's only oneeeeeeeee TYSON FURY!!!
Well that was an anti climax
WHAT A FIX ........ The worst kept secret ever
👍emma! I am truly amazed on how pathetic some losers can be, on twitter on youtube... Everyone needs to feel good... I get it. But for someone the only way to feel better is to belittle others including those they can never even catch a glimpse. Social media amplified this only because some losers have nothing elses better to do 😀
She seems sweet and articulate, seems a shame her team sacked the coach that helped her in the US Open, I fear that's a mistake that will take sometime to overcome
Are people still banging on about how "SHE SACKED HER COACH!" when people with a bit of common sense knows full well that's not what happened? 😂
Who else was Gonna win it , it had to be here , well done
Haha 😄 this is why it's joke of award . 🤣 ..
Corrupt
Disappointed
Shes not even British, just open this award up to the world, pointless
@Jezzah born in that country or have a parent from that country, I lived in Thailand for 5 years when younger, doesnt make me thai
@Cheats prosper in terms of living in the uk with a passport but in sport she shouldn't be representing Britain , absolutely no ties to the country apart from boarding a plane
Tom shouldn't be there
Wrong. Tom deserves to be there.
Well done to her, but it just proves how pathetic women's tennis has become. No stars. A different person wins each tournament. It might be Raducanu never wins anything again. Just saying.
1 She is not British. She was born in CANADA - The same as Lennox Lewis and Greg Rusedski
2 The only thing she has done since the U.S. Open is FIRE her Manager who has known her since she was FIVE
3 Next Year we will see how good she is
ANYONE can win the Lottery. i have a feeling she will be FOUND OUT
Boris Johnson born in New York, Richard Dawkins born in Kenya. they don't identify as American or African.
Emma can lay claim to multiple nationalities. But the nation that has the least strongest "claim to her" is Canada since she was raised in England from the age of two. She's been exposed to the cultures and values of her parents since birth, so both Romania and China have a stronger claim to her than Canada. Indeed the Chinese media refer to her as "the Chinese girl from Britain".
But which nation educated her? Which nation's tennis association nurtured her tennis talent from a young age? Which nation has "she" chosen to represent at international level? The answer to those questions is Britain (The UK). Just listen to her speak, she does speak Romanian, and speaks Chinese like a native, but when she's speaking English she sounds like a typical middle class English girl.
"2 The only thing she has done since the U.S. Open is FIRE her Manager who has known her since she was FIVE."
What bollocks! He is a coach of junior players, and before her excursion to the States this summer hadn't coached her for years. A more important person to her during that trip was her physio. Because she'd concentrated on her academic studies up until April, she lacked the physical conditioning that other WTA regularly have. Her physio kept her in the best possible physical condition, her coach kept her mentally focused, but she was the one who had to perform on court.
Unexpected by all, she performed way above everyone's expectations, including her own. At the outset, she's just wanted to gain experience before attempting to qualify for next year's Australian Open. A natural conclusion to this was entering qualification for the US Open, and indeed they'd booked their flights back to England before the champion commenced. But despite one close match, she won het three qualifying matches. She was in her second Grand Slam event, but this time without relying on a wild card. This time she she was there on playing merit.
And then her odyssey continued. She not only defeated her next seven opponents, she didn't drop a set in the process. What she did was unprecedented. Unlike other tennis protégées, she'd kept up her academic studies, in a public funded English grammar school, and she excelled.
Emma is not a sporting phenom, but what she achieved at this years US Open was phenomenal, and the grace, dignity and eloquence she displayed during post match interviews won her many admirers. Not least from the fashion industry. A beautiful bilingual (I'm discounting her ability to converse in Romanian) athlete was bound to attract non sporting sponsors.
I'm not a tennis fan, but I am a fan of outstanding human individuals. By most people's metrics, Emma qualifies as such. My measure of success for her for next year is for her to remain in the top 50 in the world rankings. I do anticipate her winning more Grand Slam tournaments in the next five years, but for now, I'm just looking forward to seeing her don her whites at next years Wimbledon, and hoping to see her come up against Leylah again.
If Emma wins it may finally gain her some respect from Leylah's supporters. If Leylah wins, it will start to even the score. I think Leylah is the better player, but she's yet to beat Emma on the day, and I think Emma has the greater potential, but she needs to improve.
One way or another, women's tennis will be far more interesting to watch in future. We'll still have a bit of grunting, but hopefully the age of screaming is ending.
I never got Greg Rusedski in his Union Jack headband, but Lennox Lewis was born in London.
@@vordman Lennox lewis v Riddick Bowe GOLD Medal Match 1988 Seoul Olympic Games USA v CANADA
@Jezzah I Totally agree. She is Embarrassing. Wins a Major and then Fires the person who has helped her for THIRTEEN Years a WEEK later. SCHOCKING BEHAVIOUR