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'Shocked' tennis sensation Emma Raducanu, 18, achieves one of Britain's greatest sporting victories after becoming the country's first female Grand Slam champion in 44 years following her thrilling triumph in the US Open
The Daily Mail UK ^
| 11 September 2021
| Ross Ibetson
Posted on 09/11/2021 7:50:38 PM PDT by blueplum
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At 18 and besting Billy Jean King by 10 years, "Raducanu, who was sitting her A-levels earlier this year, became the first Brit to win a major since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon in 1977 and is the first qualifier to triumph in a Grand Slam, in either the men's or women's game. "
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posted on
09/11/2021 7:50:38 PM PDT
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
I'm going to have to come down on the side of "Not Guilty".
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posted on
09/11/2021 7:54:51 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
To: blueplum
I sense endorsements coming her way.
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posted on
09/11/2021 7:55:13 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Paladin2
Yep.
That’s Wimbledon juniors, not the US Open.
(not that I care)
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posted on
09/11/2021 7:57:24 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
The word “Smokin’” comes to mind. And, it was uttered by my 19 year-old son.
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posted on
09/11/2021 7:59:14 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
(DTCM&OTTH)
To: hoagy62
19 y/o, hot, and just won 2.5 mil...
It’s going to be hard for her to find a date...
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posted on
09/11/2021 8:01:39 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: blueplum
The runner up was so classy in her speech saying that she wished she can be as resilient as New Yorkers have been for 20 uears after 9/11.
Apropos by the player who drummed Osaka out of the open and maybe from tennis for a while.
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posted on
09/11/2021 8:06:29 PM PDT
by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: NohSpinZone
I was rooting for Fernandez.
Good attitude.
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posted on
09/11/2021 8:10:11 PM PDT
by
EEGator
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: EEGator
Agreed. Analysis paralysis.
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posted on
09/11/2021 8:20:29 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
09/11/2021 10:15:50 PM PDT
by
shadowlands1960
("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
To: blueplum
Raducanu was born on 13 November 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Ian and Renee, who originate from Bucharest, Romania, and Shenyang, Liaoning, China, respectively.
To: Free Republicans
Without loosing a set in the whole tournament
Unreal. Both kids were awesome
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posted on
09/11/2021 11:11:32 PM PDT
by
NachOsten
(Only a Fool believes there is no hell!)
To: MarvinStinson
Oh no!
She’s a Chinese spy infiltrating or tennis infrastructure to steal all our winning sports techs.
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posted on
09/11/2021 11:12:20 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: MarvinStinson
And she’s English!?
The whole world is becoming like America in that national ethnicity is disappearing.
I’m trying to decide whether that’s good or bad, but there’s a certain sadness that I feel - like we’ve lost something important.
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posted on
09/11/2021 11:24:48 PM PDT
by
aquila48
(Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
To: blueplum
Women’s pro tennis sucks.
There are no consistent champions. Just a round robin of names at the top of every grand slam.
(And please don’t mention roid-filled Serena. Her time in the sun is over)
Watch any high level women’s match, none of them can ever hold serve consistently.
Women’s tennis should not be making the same level of money as the men. Period.
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posted on
09/12/2021 12:05:23 AM PDT
by
Aurorales
(I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
To: EEGator
19 y/o, hot, and just won 2.5 mil... It’s going to be hard for her to find a date... You're actually right. Her viewpoint of the minimum acceptable guy has just shot up considerably.
On the other hand, every wealthy bachelor in the world now knows her name.
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posted on
09/12/2021 12:53:40 AM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
To: aquila48
Agreed but England is still far less diluted than we are
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posted on
09/12/2021 1:09:20 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Fear Republic land of grumps and scolds peppered with good folks )
To: aquila48
And she’s English!?No, she has British citizenship, making her British.
In terms of passports, citizenship etc, there's actually no such thing as 'English', funnily enough. England is simply one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the others are Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
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posted on
09/12/2021 2:43:40 AM PDT
by
Da_Shrimp
(Dum vivimus, vivamus!)
To: blueplum
New definition of "British?"
Father - Romanian
Mother - Chinese
Country of Birth - Canada
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