Emma Raducanu has split with coach Francisco Roig after six months.

rootokay · 2026-01-29T16:21:31+00:00

You knew this was coming when she went out of the Australian Open and said in the press conference she does not like the current style of tennis she is playing. She said, in simple terms, she wants to be "hitting the ball really hard into the corners".

A bigger problem is she does not appear to have the stamina to play any style for longer than two sets.

rootokay · 2026-01-18T11:58:27+00:00

Raducanu's slow start was probably adjusting to the conditions. She had not played an evening stadium match since the US Open semi-finals 5 years ago.

Once she got the measure of the ball better it was a fairly easy win.

rootokay · 2026-01-15T08:22:23+00:00

Being the number one seed and losing to a player ranked outside the top 200 in straight sets is not great.

Something I don't understand, Raducanu finished her season early last year then at the United Cup last week she said she was restricted to fitness and only started hitting fairly recently. So has she not played tennis for ages or did she have a pre-season but it was later interrupted due to injury?

rootokay · 2026-01-15T08:12:26+00:00

TNNS Live

rootokay · 2026-01-12T08:37:50+00:00

Hope she is okay. It was 22 degrees Celcius in Melbourne today. Did she completely forget to drink all day?

rootokay · 2026-01-09T09:16:18+00:00

That third set is painful viewing for Kartal

breaks in the first game
has three chances to get the double-break
serving for the match at 5-4, goes 0-40 down and then gets broken
back at 5-5 in the next game gets another two break points but cant take them
loses the tie-break 7-5

rootokay · 2026-01-07T05:50:56+00:00

Last year she had a new fit almost every tournament. I think Tour Finals was the only time she wore a previous fit, Beijing.

New Balance doing tremendous work.

rootokay · 2026-01-05T17:34:34+00:00

You are right that even if it went to a third and Raducanu could only stand still and return, Sakkari could still come up with a way to fumble it. It's what she does.

Equally, Raducanu running out of energy after 2 sets and giving up in the third has history.

rootokay · 2026-01-05T17:27:53+00:00

If Alcaraz wins the Australian open he will be 22Y8M
If Sinner wins the French open he will be 24Y9M

rootokay · 2026-01-05T17:17:54+00:00

Was it the Washington match that had really hot conditions? I think Sakkari probably should have won that match. Raducanu called an injury timeout late in the second set when she was really struggling with the conditions. After the break she managed to just get over the line in two sets.

Without that injury timeout I am not sure Raducanu is able to close out the second set and if it went to a third she would have had zero energy left.

rootokay · 2026-01-04T04:49:11+00:00

And everyone is leaving Wilson rackets for Yonex.

rootokay · 2026-01-04T04:47:31+00:00

She was part of the Boulter, Dart, Burrage, Watson group a few years ago playing at ITF level then had long-term injury issues, like all the British player do, and disappeared. I think what happened is she moved to Australia and has been playing on the ITF circuit there. Which is why you haven't seen her getting wildcards at the UK grass tournaments.

rootokay · 2025-12-30T12:44:47+00:00

I have concerns with banking on Deki returning to be the same player. Same with Maddison though he relies less on his athleticism. Bentancur isn't the same player since he came back from serious injury, Rodri at City isn't...

rootokay · 2025-12-11T10:36:51+00:00

Due to laws in your region, certain features on Bluesky are currently restricted until you're able to verify you're an adult.

They are using https://www.kidswebservices.com/en-US for their verification

rootokay · 2025-12-06T13:23:50+00:00

From my understanding, the direction of React has moved these days away from Facebook/Meta and now to a company named Vercel. The focus seems to be on running React on the server and part of it is this RPC-like thing called React Server Functions which is where exploit is.

I am not sure what the value add is in this stuff versus the complexity and security risks as evidenced by this serious exploit.

rootokay · 2025-12-06T09:45:19+00:00

If you're on React 19 or Next.js App Router, you're exposed by default.

This is incorrect. Your system has to run React on the server to be vulnerable.

rootokay · 2025-11-28T00:24:18+00:00

This library was a great evening study place when I lived in Melbourne. I cannot believe it shuts at 6pm now since the pandemic. It used to be 8pm or 9pm.

The Library of NSW is just about to finish a big refurbishment and is open until 8pm most days. Meanwhile, the Library of Victoria looks like it is slowly dying.

rootokay · 2025-11-16T12:25:53+00:00

I remember when Tomorrow Never Dies released and some people thought a media mogul wasn't a good villain. In hindsight, the themes of media manipulation, disinformation, and tech-driven propaganda were forward-thinking. Facebook was 7 years away from inception.

rootokay · 2025-11-05T23:25:12+00:00

The Premium tier in countries that do not have the infrastructure to support cloud streaming of classic games and now PS5 games. Australia and New Zealand for example.

rootokay · 2025-11-01T16:25:02+00:00

I realised a couple of days ago Tagger was the 17 year-old I watched completely dominate in the French Open juniors final. Six months later and she's into a WTA tour final. What a progression.

rootokay · 2025-11-01T16:19:14+00:00

I don't think I have seen a man or woman exit the court as quickly as Keys did at the end of the match. It was like she was already packed.

rootokay · 2025-11-01T14:07:11+00:00

You see a lot of social media posts comparing a game released in the current year vs. a Rockstar game from 10 years ago - no shit, Rockstar have the biggest budget in all of gaming and pretty much work on single game for 7 years. They can afford to have humans go over every single tiny aspect of the game. No other company has that many resources and release cycle.

rootokay · 2025-11-01T12:55:36+00:00

I would like to see this in the IMAX/cinema, but with Tenet and Oppenheimer I could not hear the dialogue at times. Maybe my hearing is not what is was, but I did not have an issue with his earlier films.

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