*Kerber IS a tough player, but I think she's still finding her groove again, since returning from giving birth.*

@@m.w.976Emma thrashed former No1 Kerber 6-2 6-1 Beat Caroline Garcia in 3! Beat Diana parry in 3 by playing Flawless clay court tennis!

Emma won this match easily still not playing her best tennis. At times she was brilliant but there is still room for improvement. She just has to improve that first serve.! That can be a huge advantage for her going forward. Also her shot selections at times left a lot to be improved upon. Saying all that she is playing high class tennis at times.! The best i have ever seen from her.! If she gets past Noskova i can see eye brows raising ahead. 😅 She could win the whole thing with a bit of further improvement and a healthy dose of luck?

@@m.w.976 Well Emma was out for nearly a year with 3 surgeries. I don't like one sided excuses

Emma said the match is closer than the scoreline in her post match interview

Kerber is notorious for it, they’re not all like that. Kvitova’s super warm at the net.

Kerber is German lol, they are not that big on emotions :-p

Emma's warm and gracious, but doesn't overdo it; Kerber was a little cold there.

​@@crazycatpetera1404 overall, the men are far more congenial at the net

she already beaten Caroline garcia and Parry last week... we already kinda know where here game stands

@@sollibrerountil she loses and says it’s another injury 😂

@@spillomina until then go back to your cave 🤣😅🤣

*Kerber was not rusty!! She came back in December!! She had over 4 months to get back on shape. That's a really lame excuse for those that aren't happy that Emma opened up a can of whoop ass on Kerber.*

100% agree. Noskova is tough but those are the kind of matches Raducanu needs to start winning consistently to prove at least to herself that she is Top 30 material. She also needs to string 3 or 4 wins together rather than 2 and out. What we really don't want to see in the next match is a lacklustre performance and a medical timeout after the first set. She needs to break that cycle.

It often happens that the winning player is just playing more consistent. So, it takes amazing winners from the losing player to score. Then those are the ones that make it to the highlights.

clearly raducanu has nothing apart from her serve :)), her shot making and placement was a trash :D

The 1st set was actually really tight. The beggining of the second one too but later she made many errors.

@@Kwan7 lolz... play some tennis 🤣😅🤣

@@Kwan7she literally won

Pretty sure it’s done by AI - totally agree the highlights are always bizarre.

The match was closer than the score line suggests, that’s why. There’s was some good back and forth but Emma won the decisive games and had some good holds.

Unforced errors don't make good highlights. Match point wasn't scintillating.

@@charlesfaure1189 Disagree cause you can have a great rally that ends in an unforced error. A complaint I had with past WTA vids is they only showed winners unless it was set point or match point and they get them from errors.

Yep, you would have thought that Kerber won all the points? Silly highlights reel.

What makes you think Emma is not tough?

@@ricklee5845 She's not had the best of records for the past two years nor the experience of Kerber.

@@movdqa Toughness and experience are not the same thing. You base your claim on recent stats and choose to ignore the fact that she has been out of the game because of operations. If you hang around for a while, you'll see just how tough she is!

@@ricklee5845 Well, I've always considered an appeal to the future to be a fallacy as you can neither prove nor disprove it.

@@movdqathat’s why you’ll have to hang around 😂

hear hear, mate!

I really don’t get, all Emma did was win GS, and every one started hating her.

*She hasn't played enough clay court matches to make that determination.*

@trommmelbiel, I think you might be right. She seems to move well on clay for someone with so little experience and her tenacity and good use of the the courts dimensions and angles should serve her well. Clay is the most demanding fitness wise and that's a work in progress for sure. Plus clay is a bit of a leveler when it comes to serving and that'll help because I don't think that's ever going to be her strongest suit.

Neither was it the same EMMA who 'creamed' the frogs single handedly

Doubtful. She's now in her early 30s. She might do better as this season goes on but she'll never win another slam.

Not the same Kerber in her younger days But understandable. It’s a long time away from competition. She is in a different chapter of her life and a blessing to be in her shoes. There are other things to think about besides traveling nonstop for competitions. It’s about balance between work and family, staying healthy physically and mentally. Her best She is giving one last chance to the sport she loves so much. Win or lose, I admire her dedication and hard work, go Kerber! Seems like Emma is slowly getting her groove back, congrats.

@BenjWarrant She's not in her early 30ties she's already 36.

Yes slow courts like these really suck, not only do they make the tennis look awful like in slo-mo but they also increase injuries. Badosa is the first one to sustain a thigh injury today and had to retire from her match, there will be more as the week goes on. I want Emma to do well but I don't want her to get injured on this stupid slow court. Porsche really screwed up this year, this was always one of the faster courts. This slow court and these heavy XD balls they're using will ensure Swiatek wins again, it's her favorite condition.

I think cause the cameras are higher up you can see more of the ball travelling which makes it seem slower. This is supposed to be one of the quicker clay courts.

I hated that crowd noise between points; it's really distracting. Also, did you have the sound down yesterday? The Germans were making a hell of a noise trying to gee up their girl!

*Exactly!*

Why so negative?

@@etsidan7003 I actually didn't mean it a bad way because my thoughts were that I am happy how she won this match and I am excited to see what happens next because I don't want to be over positive that she will be amazing now but I am excited how she continues.😃

@@worldsasuri9430 👍

Tag me when she wins over Swiatek

Stop abusing substance, please.

Lol she never beat top10 player

That’s too much wishful thinking

*Emma going to thump Swiatek. Last time Emma play Iga, Emma was injured when she was playing Iga and she still was neck and neck with Swiatek!! It was 6-3 and 6-2, if Raducanu wasn't inured she would have beaten Swiatek! Emma was playing better than Iga but couldn't run down the ball because, again she was playing hurt.* *Watch how easy Emma give Iga a thumping when they play after Emma knock out Noskova, and she will knock her out.*

Do you want double faults and unforsed errors on GP and BP again????

40-15???!!! That 8-7 40-15 remind me of Wimbly 2019 final. 😂😅

maybe she was in an off position while making those shots... not that she played it out of choice.

Agree. She has a habit of doing that which drives me crazy to watch as a fan. I think that's the problem with spending so much time practicing and not enough playing matches. In practice she probably hits back to her practice partner all the time to avoid having to pick up balls.

Don't forget that Kerber is a lefty so you have to adjust tactics to a degree. I sense what's happened is that Emma played shots to Kerber's backhand as, percentage wise, it's the shot to go for, but Kerber kind of foresees it. Anyway, not too alarming really.

Agree with everything you said. This was nowhere near the level she showed at BJKC last weekend. But to be fair this slow surface doesn't allow anyone's game to look good. Coco's game looked downright painful. Emma so needs a traveling physio who knows her body well to help her properly recover after every match.

She's been working with a fitness coach for weeks. And she still had Will the Mechanic with her in France. She's tired because, as she pointed out in the post match on-court interview, you can't train into the fitness levels needed for tennis, you have to play matches. After today , she'll have played four matches in a week - one of the reasons Noskova might be favourite today - but four matches in a week will really help for her fitness in her next game. Which I think will be against Iga at the weekend, which would be 5 matches in a week!

true shocking comments are acting like she is back, the level from Kerber was so weak, like Ostapenko against Noskova.

Er... doubtful!

@@BenjWarrant She is the greatest women's tennis player today.. Just out of form..

@@zoyavijay I've been a fan of Emma since Wimbledon 2021, but as of today you can't call her the greatest woman player. I don't think you could have called her that the day after she won the USO, because while that feat was unparalleled, and clearly the work of a mighty tennis player, she had not at that time been measured against Barty, Sabalenka, or anyone else in the top 10. Plus, her very next match was a dismal defeat at the hands of a very lowly player. Enthusiasm is great but hyperbole is to be avoided.

She is seriously hot though, of that there is no doubt.

Raducanu going max to 3rd round in FO... 🥸

And whats that supposed to mean?😅

Her sponsor, Porsche. 😅

They think their product is gold dust and put out videos that are basically teasers; thinking this will get ppl to pay for the streaming service. They're crappy sales people.

Honestly you shouldn't have high expectations from them, considering it's 2024 yet they are still not able to upload a 1080p match highlight to their official channel.

Ranking changes are not determined by who you play.

Her ranking from now on can only goes up, because there is no point to defend until the end of the season

She's got like 10-15 years left anything could happen

​@@ashleyw6728*She's too injury prone AND a lot of outside interests. While anything is possible, she won't win another slam.*

@@m.w.976 whos gonna win the next election because clearly your either from the future or psychic

@@ashleyw6728 Nah I'm sensing an early retirement. 25-26 and done.

@@ashleyw6728 Men can stay competitive to age 30-32 (the non legends); for women it's 19-27, then it's over. Again, this doesn't apply to legends

Yet she won this tournament twice.

@@dr.strange6775 8 and 9 years ago?